Install Proofpoint in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL,YOUR_PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_SECRET.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL=YOUR_PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL --env PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_SECRET=YOUR_PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_SECRET --transport stdio proofpoint-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL -e PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_SECRET ghcr.io/wyre-ai/proofpoint-mcp:v1.1.6 - Replace
YOUR_PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL,YOUR_PROOFPOINT_SERVICE_SECRETwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of proofpoint-mcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.