Tools Reference

Complete reference guide for all tools available in the Prowler MCP Server. Tools are organized by namespace.

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Tool Categories Summary

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Tool Naming Convention

All tools follow a consistent naming pattern with prefixes:

• prowler_hub_* - Prowler Hub catalog and compliance tools
• prowler_docs_* - Prowler documentation search and retrieval
• prowler_app_* - Prowler Cloud and App (Self-Managed) management tools

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Prowler Cloud/App Tools

Manage Prowler Cloud or Prowler App (Self-Managed) features. Requires authentication.

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Findings Management

Tools for searching, viewing, and analyzing security findings across all cloud providers.

• prowler_app_search_security_findings - Search and filter security findings with advanced filtering options (severity, status, provider, region, service, check ID, date range, muted status)
• prowler_app_get_finding_details - Get comprehensive details about a specific finding including remediation guidance, check metadata, and resource relationships
• prowler_app_get_findings_overview - Get aggregate statistics and trends about security findings as a markdown report

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Provider Management

Tools for managing cloud provider connections in Prowler.

• prowler_app_search_providers - Search and view configured providers with their connection status
• prowler_app_connect_provider - Register and connect a provider with credentials for security scanning
• prowler_app_delete_provider - Permanently remove a provider from Prowler

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Scan Management

Tools for managing and monitoring security scans.

• prowler_app_list_scans - List and filter security scans across all providers
• prowler_app_get_scan - Get comprehensive details about a specific scan (progress, duration, resource counts)
• prowler_app_trigger_scan - Trigger a manual security scan for a provider
• prowler_app_schedule_daily_scan - Schedule automated daily scans for continuous monitoring
• prowler_app_update_scan - Update scan name for better organization

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Resources Management

Tools for searching, viewing, and analyzing cloud resources discovered by Prowler.

• prowler_app_list_resources - List and filter cloud resources with advanced filtering options (provider, region, service, resource type, tags)
• prowler_app_get_resource - Get comprehensive details about a specific resource including configuration, metadata, and finding relationships
• prowler_app_get_resources_overview - Get aggregate statistics about cloud resources as a markdown report

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Muting Management

Tools for managing finding muting, including pattern-based bulk muting (mutelist) and finding-specific mute rules.

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Mutelist (Pattern-Based Muting)

• prowler_app_get_mutelist - Retrieve the current mutelist configuration for the tenant
• prowler_app_set_mutelist - Create or update the mutelist configuration for pattern-based bulk muting
• prowler_app_delete_mutelist - Remove the mutelist configuration from the tenant

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Mute Rules (Finding-Specific Muting)

• prowler_app_list_mute_rules - Search and filter mute rules with pagination support
• prowler_app_get_mute_rule - Retrieve comprehensive details about a specific mute rule
• prowler_app_create_mute_rule - Create a new mute rule to mute specific findings with documentation and audit trail
• prowler_app_update_mute_rule - Update a mute rule’s name, reason, or enabled status
• prowler_app_delete_mute_rule - Delete a mute rule from the system

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Compliance Management

Tools for viewing compliance status and framework details across all cloud providers.

• prowler_app_get_compliance_overview - Get high-level compliance status across all frameworks for a specific scan or provider, including pass/fail statistics per framework
• prowler_app_get_compliance_framework_state_details - Get detailed requirement-level breakdown for a specific compliance framework, including failed requirements and associated finding IDs

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Prowler Hub Tools

Access Prowler’s security check catalog and compliance frameworks. No authentication required. Tools follow a two-tier pattern: lightweight listing for browsing + detailed retrieval for complete information.

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Check Discovery and Details

• prowler_hub_list_checks - List security checks with lightweight data (id, title, severity, provider) and advanced filtering options
• prowler_hub_semantic_search_checks - Full-text search across check metadata with lightweight results
• prowler_hub_get_check_details - Get comprehensive details for a specific check including risk, remediation guidance, and compliance mappings

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Check Code

• prowler_hub_get_check_code - Fetch the Python implementation code for a security check
• prowler_hub_get_check_fixer - Fetch the automated fixer code for a check (if available)

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Compliance Frameworks

• prowler_hub_list_compliances - List compliance frameworks with lightweight data (id, name, provider) and filtering options
• prowler_hub_semantic_search_compliances - Full-text search across compliance frameworks with lightweight results
• prowler_hub_get_compliance_details - Get comprehensive compliance details including requirements and mapped checks

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Providers Information

• prowler_hub_list_providers - List Prowler official providers
• prowler_hub_get_provider_services - Get available services for a specific provider

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Prowler Documentation Tools

Search and access official Prowler documentation. No authentication required.

• prowler_docs_search - Search the official Prowler documentation using full-text search with the term parameter
• prowler_docs_get_document - Retrieve the full markdown content of a specific documentation file using the path from search results

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Usage Tips

• Use natural language to interact with the tools through your AI assistant
• Tools can be combined for complex workflows
• Filter options are available on most list tools
• Authentication is only required for Prowler Cloud/App tools

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Additional Resources

• MCP Protocol Specification
• Prowler API Documentation
• Prowler Hub API
• GitHub Repository