basicdeploy-mcp

BasicDeploy MCP Server

The persistent runtime your agent deploys to: a database, object storage, a Kafka broker, 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, a Kafka broker, 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, manage Kafka topics, check who it is authenticated as, 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	(none)	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	(none)	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.
whoami	(none)	The account this connection is authenticated as (email + id).
get_kafka	(none)	Kafka connection details (SASL/SCRAM): internal + external bootstrap, username/password, consumer‑group prefix, topics, usage and limits. Provisions on first call.
create_topic	label?	Create a Kafka topic (auto‑namespaced under your prefix; optional readable label). Fails if the topic/storage budget is exceeded.
purge_topic	name	Empty a topic you own (deletes its messages, keeps the topic). Restart processing after a mistake.
delete_topic	name	Permanent: delete a topic you own and all its messages.

Runtime

Deployed apps must listen on 0.0.0.0:8080, the port the public URL serves. DATABASE_URL, S3_ENDPOINT / S3_ACCESS_KEY / S3_SECRET_KEY / S3_BUCKET, and KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP / KAFKA_USERNAME / KAFKA_PASSWORD / KAFKA_GROUP_PREFIX 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 teammate@example.com for 24 hours."

License

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