Deploy with your AI assistant using MCP

What if deploying your application was as simple as telling your AI coding assistant to do it? With our new Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, it is.

Ploi Cloud now speaks MCP — the open standard that lets AI tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code interact with external services. This means you can deploy applications, add databases, manage environment variables, and monitor your infrastructure without ever leaving your editor. Just describe what you need in plain English.

What is MCP?

Think of MCP as giving your AI assistant permission to manage your apps on your behalf. Instead of switching between your editor, a dashboard, and a terminal, you stay in your flow. Your AI tool connects to Ploi Cloud securely, and from that point on, you can manage everything through conversation.

It's not a chatbot. It's your actual infrastructure, controlled through natural language.

What you can do

Once connected, your AI assistant gains full access to your Ploi Cloud workflow:

- Deploy applications — Point it at a Git repository and it handles the rest. Framework detection, build commands, and runtime configuration are all automatic.

- Add databases and caches — Need MySQL? Redis? MongoDB? Just ask. Services are provisioned and their credentials are injected into your environment automatically.

- Manage environment variables — Add, update, or remove secrets without opening a dashboard. Service credentials are wired up for you.

- Configure custom domains with SSL — Tell your assistant which domain to use and it handles DNS instructions and certificate provisioning via Let's Encrypt.

- View logs and debug — Pull application logs and deployment output directly into your editor. No more tab-switching to figure out what went wrong.

- Monitor deployments — Track build progress in real-time and get automatic suggestions when something fails.

Getting started takes 30 seconds

For Claude Code, run a single command:

claude mcp add --transport http ploi-cloud https://ploi.cloud/mcp

For Cursor, Windsurf, or any other MCP-compatible tool, add https://ploi.cloud/mcp as an MCP server in your settings.

The first time you use a Ploi Cloud tool, your browser opens to authorize access. Sign in, approve, and you're connected. You can revoke access at any time from your account settings.

See it in action

Here's what a typical interaction looks like. You tell your assistant:

$ Deploy my Laravel app from github.com/myorg/myapp

And it figures out the rest — PHP 8.3 with the right extensions from your composer.json, a MySQL database because it detected the dependency, Redis for caching, and the correct build commands. Seconds later, your application is live with SSL.

No YAML. No clicking through forms. Just a conversation.

The deploy skill

For Claude Code users, we also built a deploy skill that automates the entire flow with a single command. Install it with:

npx skills add ploicloud/skill

Then type /pc-deploy from your project directory. It detects your project type, creates or updates your app on Ploi Cloud, deploys it, and monitors the result — all without you lifting a finger.

Works with what you already use

MCP is supported by Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot, and any other MCP-compatible client. We support Laravel, Statamic, WordPress, Craft CMS, PHP, and Node.js applications out of the box, with automatic framework detection.

Try it today

The MCP integration is available now for all Ploi Cloud users at no extra cost. Connect your AI tool, describe what you want to deploy, and watch it happen.

If you want to learn more, check out the AI documentation or the feature overview.