BasicDeploy MCP Server

The persistent runtime your agent deploys to — a database, object storage, and a public URL, one MCP call.

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP client — create and manage BasicDeploy containers directly. Every container comes with a PostgreSQL database, S3‑compatible object storage, environment variables, and a public HTTPS URL, all provisioned automatically. Your agent can create containers, deploy apps (Node, Python, Go, or Docker — auto‑detected), run commands, read logs, set always‑on, and share or delete containers.

• 🌐 Site: https://basicdeploy.com
• 📦 npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/basicdeploy-mcp
• 📚 Docs: https://basicdeploy.com/docs

Quick start

Requires Node.js ≥ 18. No install needed — npx fetches it on demand.

Get an API key at https://basicdeploy.com/api-keys (it looks like bd_…, shown once), then add this to your MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basicdeploy": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "basicdeploy-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "BASICDEPLOY_API_KEY": "bd_your_api_key",
        "BASICDEPLOY_URL": "https://basicdeploy.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code:

claude mcp add basicdeploy \
  --env BASICDEPLOY_API_KEY=bd_your_api_key \
  --env BASICDEPLOY_URL=https://basicdeploy.com \
  -- npx -y basicdeploy-mcp@latest

Claude Code plugin (this repo doubles as a plugin marketplace):

/plugin marketplace add AkaciaNL/basicdeploy-mcp
/plugin install basicdeploy-mcp@basicdeploy

Then set BASICDEPLOY_API_KEY in your environment (the plugin reads it via ${BASICDEPLOY_API_KEY}).

OpenAI Codex CLI:

codex mcp add basicdeploy \
  --env BASICDEPLOY_API_KEY=bd_your_api_key \
  --env BASICDEPLOY_URL=https://basicdeploy.com \
  -- npx -y basicdeploy-mcp@latest

or add it directly to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.basicdeploy]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "basicdeploy-mcp@latest"]
env = { BASICDEPLOY_API_KEY = "bd_your_api_key", BASICDEPLOY_URL = "https://basicdeploy.com" }

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Description
BASICDEPLOY_API_KEY	Yes	Your API key (bd_…). Required to call any tool (the server still starts and lists its tools without it, so clients can introspect it).
BASICDEPLOY_URL	No	API base URL. Defaults to https://basicdeploy.com.

Tools

Tool	Arguments	Description
list_containers	—	List your containers: subdomain, status, URL, id, createdAt.
create_container	memoryMb? (256/512/1024/2048), alwaysOn?	Create a container. Database + S3 bucket provisioned automatically. Larger sizes need Pro/Scale; always‑on on Free uses a paid add‑on slot.
get_container	containerId	Full details: URL, status, ports, DB name/user, S3 bucket, volume path.
deploy_app	tarballPath, containerId?	Deploy a .tar/.tar.gz/.tgz/.zip from disk. Unpacks to /workspace, auto‑detects the runtime, and starts the app on :8080. Omit containerId to create a new container; pass one to deploy into an existing container.
exec_command	containerId, command	Run a shell command inside the container; returns output + exit code.
get_logs	containerId, tail? (default 200)	Fetch recent container logs.
set_always_on	containerId, enabled	Turn a container's 24/7 always‑on flag on/off.
wake_container	containerId	Wake a slept container so it serves traffic again.
sleep_container	containerId	Sleep a running container to free memory (wakes on next request).
get_account	—	Your plan, container limit (plan + add‑ons), selectable memory sizes, storage limit, and add‑ons.
share_container	containerId, email, expiresInHours?	Share a container with another user by email (they get a sign‑in link). Omit expiresInHours for an unlimited share.
delete_container	containerId	Permanent — destroys the container, its database, and all files.

Runtime

Deployed apps must listen on 0.0.0.0:8080 — that's the port the public URL serves. DATABASE_URL and S3_ENDPOINT / S3_ACCESS_KEY / S3_SECRET_KEY / S3_BUCKET are preset in the container environment. Startup output goes to /workspace/deploy.log.

Example prompts

• "Create a 1GB always‑on container and deploy ./dist/app.tar.gz to it — give me the URL."
• "Show the last 100 log lines of my blue-fox container."
• "What plan am I on and how many containers can I run?"
• "Share my container with [email protected] for 24 hours."

License

MIT. BasicDeploy is a product of Akacia (KVK 99629569, Netherlands).