SKUit Network & Security Catalog

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AI helper for choosing and speccing network & security products from Cisco, Arista, Juniper and more

ai.skuit/catalog (Model Context Protocol Server)

AI helper for choosing and speccing network & security products from Cisco, Arista, Juniper and more. The MCP server “ai.skuit/catalog” is exposed under the slug ai-skuit-catalog, with the provided description guiding its intended scope around network and security product selection.

🛠️ Key Features

Chooses and speccs network & security products
Targets products from Cisco, Arista, Juniper and more

🚀 Use Cases

Selecting appropriate network and security products
Generating or refining product specifications (“speccing”) for such products

⚡ Developer Benefits

Clear focus area defined by the server description (network & security product selection)

⚠️ Limitations

No additional capabilities, tools, or topic metadata were provided in the available server data (e.g., tool count, topics, or readme excerpt)

Captured live from the server via tools/list.

catalog_search_platforms

Find published platforms that can serve a port demand (for example 60×100G plus 4×400G for a data-center top-of-rack switch), closest fit first: fewest spare ports, then fewest rack units, then least capacity headroom. Each result explains the fit and lists caveats (breakout cables, a non-default port mode, port-pairing rules) that you should pass on to the user. Also reports how many platforms of the use case meet the demand, how many could not be evaluated, and the nearest misses when nothing fits. Answers carry catalog_url (the public catalog page) and build_bom_url (Open in SKUit to build a full bill of materials; the builder requires a SKUit account).

Parameters7

use_case_id	string	required	Deployment role: "campus-access" (Campus access layer), "dc-tor" (ToR & Leaf), "dc-core" (DC core / spine), "wan-edge" (WAN edge / branch), "smb" (SMB / small campus), "campus-dist" (Campus distribution), "load-balancer" (Load balancer).
port_requirements	array	required	The ports needed, one row per speed.
form_factor	string	optional	Only this form factor, e.g. "fixed" or "modular".
vendors	array	optional	Only these vendors (case-insensitive).
poe_required	boolean	optional	Only platforms that supply PoE.
max_rack_units	integer	optional	Only platforms at most this many rack units tall.
limit	integer	optional	How many results (default 5, max 10).

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "use_case_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "campus-access",
        "dc-tor",
        "dc-core",
        "wan-edge",
        "smb",
        "campus-dist",
        "load-balancer"
      ],
      "description": "Deployment role: \"campus-access\" (Campus access layer), \"dc-tor\" (ToR & Leaf), \"dc-core\" (DC core / spine), \"wan-edge\" (WAN edge / branch), \"smb\" (SMB / small campus), \"campus-dist\" (Campus distribution), \"load-balancer\" (Load balancer)."
    },
    "port_requirements": {
      "minItems": 1,
      "maxItems": 8,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "count": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 1,
            "maximum": 10000,
            "description": "How many ports at this speed."
          },
          "speed_gbps": {
            "type": "number",
            "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
            "maximum": 1600,
            "description": "Port speed in Gbps, e.g. 1, 2.5, 10, 25, 100, 400."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "count",
          "speed_gbps"
        ]
      },
      "description": "The ports needed, one row per speed."
    },
    "form_factor": {
      "description": "Only this form factor, e.g. \"fixed\" or \"modular\".",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 40
    },
    "vendors": {
      "description": "Only these vendors (case-insensitive).",
      "minItems": 1,
      "maxItems": 10,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1,
        "maxLength": 60
      }
    },
    "poe_required": {
      "description": "Only platforms that supply PoE.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "max_rack_units": {
      "description": "Only platforms at most this many rack units tall.",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 64
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "How many results (default 5, max 10).",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 10
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "use_case_id",
    "port_requirements"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

catalog_find_alternatives

Find published alternatives to a product named by part number or family (for example "Cisco 9300X" or "C9300X-48HX"): one class up, the same class, and one class down, same vendor first and then other vendors in the same role. Each alternative states the single dimension it was compared on, so present it as "comparable on <dimension>", not as a drop-in replacement. An ambiguous name returns the candidate families to choose from. Answers carry catalog_url (the public catalog page) and build_bom_url (Open in SKUit to build a full bill of materials; the builder requires a SKUit account).

Parameters1

product

string

required

A part number or a product family name, optionally prefixed by the vendor.

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "product": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 100,
      "description": "A part number or a product family name, optionally prefixed by the vendor."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "product"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

catalog_get_platform

Get the published facts for one platform by its exact platform id (as returned by the other catalog tools). Answers carry catalog_url (the public catalog page) and build_bom_url (Open in SKUit to build a full bill of materials; the builder requires a SKUit account).

Parameters1

platform_id

string

required

The exact platform id, e.g. "C9300X-48HX".

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "platform_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 100,
      "description": "The exact platform id, e.g. \"C9300X-48HX\"."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "platform_id"
  ],
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Install

Tools (3)

catalog_search_platformscatalog_find_alternativescatalog_get_platform

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://mcp.skuit.ai/api/mcp/catalog

Add to VS Code Add to Cursor

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.skuit.ai/api/mcp/catalog"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.

ai.skuit/catalog (Model Context Protocol Server)

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

catalog_search_platforms

catalog_find_alternatives

catalog_get_platform

Install

Remote endpoint

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