sitepilot-mcp

sitepilot-mcp is the local transport and credential adapter for a WordPress site running the SitePilot MCP plugin. WordPress remains the policy-enforcement point: this package forwards the site's live tools/list and tools/call surface and does not register independent tools or safety policy.

Quick start

Requires Node.js 22 or later and an HTTPS WordPress site with SitePilot MCP 0.4.6 or later.

npx sitepilot-mcp login --url https://wordpress.example --scopes site:read
npx sitepilot-mcp init --client cursor --profile wordpress-example

Restart the client after init. Application Password login is the default; add --oauth for OAuth 2.1 with PKCE. Saved secrets live in ~/.config/sitepilot/profiles.json, are written with mode 0600 where the OS supports it, and are referenced—not copied—by generated client configuration.

Run directly without a saved profile:

npx sitepilot-mcp --url https://wordpress.example --user alice --app-pass xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
npx sitepilot-mcp --url https://wordpress.example --token opaque-token
npx sitepilot-mcp --profile wordpress-example --transport http --port 8770

The HTTP transport binds to loopback and serves /mcp. Clients that support remote MCP and OAuth discovery can instead connect directly to https://wordpress.example/wp-json/sitepilot-mcp/v2/mcp without this package.

Related MCP server: WordPress MCP Proxy

Commands

sitepilot-mcp login --url <url> [--oauth] [--scopes a,b] [--label text]
sitepilot-mcp logout --profile <name>
sitepilot-mcp init --client cursor|claude-desktop|claude-code|windsurf|all --profile <name>
sitepilot-mcp doctor --url <url>
sitepilot-mcp tools --url <url> [--json]
sitepilot-mcp call <tool> --input @plan.json [--dry-run]

Common flags: --profile, --api-version v1|v2, --timeout, --read-only, --allow-tier 0|1|2|3, and --version.

--read-only and --allow-tier are local ergonomics that avoid unwanted attempts. They are not a security boundary. WordPress capabilities, bounded credential scopes, risk classification, approvals, optimistic concurrency, auditing, and rollback remain authoritative in the plugin.

Before forwarding execute-change or rollback-change, the client performs one additional get-change-status call so it can enforce the local --allow-tier preference. The requested mutation and its arguments are otherwise forwarded unchanged; WordPress remains authoritative.

Run sitepilot-mcp doctor to distinguish insecure HTTP, unreachable REST, missing or inactive plugin, stripped authorization headers, invalid or revoked credentials, and insufficient scopes.

License

Apache-2.0. The WordPress plugin is licensed separately under AGPL-3.0-or-later.