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πŸš€ SiteBay MCP Server

Smithery Python 3.10+ License: MIT MCP

Manage WordPress hosting through natural language with Claude

Features β€’ Installation β€’ Configuration β€’ Usage β€’ Support

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude direct access to the SiteBay WordPress hosting platform. Manage sites, execute commands, and control your cloud infrastructureβ€”all through conversation.

✨ Features

🌐 Site Management

  • List all your hosted WordPress sites

  • Get detailed site information (active, HTTP auth, plan)

  • Create new WordPress sites using ready-made templates

  • Update settings (Cloudflare, domain, HTTP auth, Git URL)

  • Delete sites

⚑ Site Operations

  • Execute shell commands on SiteBay servers

  • Run WP-CLI commands directly

  • Edit files in wp-content directory

πŸ›  Advanced Features

  • πŸ”œ Point-in-time backup restores

  • πŸ”œ Team management for collaborative hosting

  • πŸ”œ WordPress/Shopify/PostHog API proxy

πŸ—Ί Helper Tools

  • Browse ready-made site templates

  • πŸ”œ Account and billing information

πŸ“¦ Installation

🎯 Via Smithery (Fastest)

npx -y @smithery/cli install @sitebay/sitebay-mcp --client claude

πŸ“¦ Using uvx (Recommended)

# Install and run directly uvx sitebay-mcp # Or install for repeated use uv tool install sitebay-mcp sitebay-mcp

🌐 HTTP Transport

πŸ’‘ Recommended for hosted deployments

# Defaults to 127.0.0.1:7823 uvx sitebay-mcp --http # Or specify host/port uvx sitebay-mcp --http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7823 # Environment variables also supported MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_HTTP_HOST=0.0.0.0 MCP_HTTP_PORT=7823 uvx sitebay-mcp

🐍 Using pip

pip install sitebay-mcp # Or from source git clone https://github.com/sitebay/sitebay-mcp.git cd sitebay-mcp && pip install -e .

βš™οΈ Configuration

Step 1: Get Your API Token

  1. Log in to my.sitebay.org

  2. Navigate to Settings β†’ API Tokens

  3. Generate and copy your token

Step 2: Configure Claude Desktop

Choose your installation method:

{ "mcpServers": { "sitebay": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["sitebay-mcp"], "env": { "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "sitebay": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "sitebay_mcp.server"], "env": { "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "sitebay": { "url": "http://127.0.0.1:7823", "env": { "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here" } } } }

Config File Locations

Platform

Path

🍎 macOS

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

πŸͺŸ Windows

%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

οΏ½οΏ½ Linux

~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

πŸ†• Create a Site

Create a new WordPress site on team 00000000-0000-4000-a000-000000000000 with domain "www.example.org", blog name "Example", admin Jane Smith (email admin@example.org), username "taylor89", password "AStrongPassword". Use ready-made site "blog-basic" and set Git URL to https://github.com/acme/wp-site

πŸ“‹ Manage Sites

List all my WordPress sites and show their current status Get detailed information about myblog.example.com Enable Cloudflare dev mode for myblog.example.com Turn on HTTP auth for myblog.example.com

πŸ–₯️ Execute Commands

Run "wp plugin list" on myblog.example.com Execute "wp search-replace 'http://old.com' 'https://new.com'" on myblog.example.com Check disk usage on myblog.example.com with "df -h"

πŸ“ File Management

Edit the style.css file in my active theme on myblog.example.com

🧰 Available Tools

Tool

Description

sitebay_list_sites

List all WordPress sites hosted on SiteBay

sitebay_get_site

Get detailed information about a hosted site

sitebay_create_site

Create a new WordPress site on SiteBay

sitebay_update_site

Update site configuration

sitebay_delete_site

Delete a hosted site

sitebay_site_shell_command

Execute shell/WP-CLI commands

sitebay_site_edit_file

Edit files in wp-content

sitebay_list_ready_made_sites

List available ready-made templates

πŸ”’ Security

  • βœ… API tokens stored securely in environment variables

  • βœ… All communications use HTTPS encryption

  • βœ… Tokens can be revoked anytime from your dashboard

  • βœ… MCP server runs locallyβ€”no data stored

πŸ› Troubleshooting

  1. Verify your API token is correct

  2. Check that the token is properly set in the environment variable

  3. Ensure the token hasn't expired

  4. Try regenerating from your SiteBay account

  1. Check your internet connection

  2. Verify SiteBay service status

  3. Check firewall settings

  4. Try restarting Claude Desktop

  1. Restart Claude Desktop after configuration changes

  2. Verify the configuration file location

  3. Check JSON syntax is valid

  4. Ensure uvx or Python is properly installed

🀝 Contributing

  1. Fork the repository

  2. Create a feature branch

  3. Make your changes

  4. Add tests for new functionality

  5. Ensure all tests pass

  6. Submit a pull request

πŸ“„ License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

πŸ†˜ Support

Resource

Link

πŸ› Issues

GitHub Issues

πŸ“– API Docs

SiteBay API Documentation

πŸ’¬ Help

SiteBay Help Center

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