hatchbox

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add hatchbox -e HATCHBOX_API_KEY=... -e HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID=... -e HATCHBOX_APP_ID=... -e HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY=... -e WEB_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS=... -e SSH_KEY_PATH=... -e HATCHBOX_APP_NAME=... -e READONLY=... -e ALLOW_DEPLOYS=... -- npx -y hatchbox-mcp-server

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hatchbox": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hatchbox-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HATCHBOX_API_KEY": "...",
        "HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID": "...",
        "HATCHBOX_APP_ID": "...",
        "HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY": "...",
        "WEB_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS": "...",
        "SSH_KEY_PATH": "...",
        "HATCHBOX_APP_NAME": "...",
        "READONLY": "...",
        "ALLOW_DEPLOYS": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

MCP server for Hatchbox Rails hosting — env var inspection, deploys, and process monitoring.

Questions

hatchbox is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package hatchbox-mcp-server.

Run: claude mcp add hatchbox -e HATCHBOX_API_KEY=... -e HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID=... -e HATCHBOX_APP_ID=... -e HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY=... -e WEB_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS=... -e SSH_KEY_PATH=... -e HATCHBOX_APP_NAME=... -e READONLY=... -e ALLOW_DEPLOYS=... -- npx -y hatchbox-mcp-server

Run: codex mcp add hatchbox --env HATCHBOX_API_KEY=... --env HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID=... --env HATCHBOX_APP_ID=... --env HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY=... --env WEB_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS=... --env SSH_KEY_PATH=... --env HATCHBOX_APP_NAME=... --env READONLY=... --env ALLOW_DEPLOYS=... -- npx -y hatchbox-mcp-server

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