Helipod MCP server

Helipod MCP server and skills

Use Helipod from AI coding tools: deploy apps and databases, run VPS servers, buy domains and edit DNS, and send email, by asking in plain language.

• MCP server (helipod-mcp): 238 tools over the Container, Database, VPS, Domain, Email, Account and AI APIs. Works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Claude Desktop and any MCP client.
• Skills (skills/): step-by-step playbooks so the agent deploys, prices and confirms the way Helipod expects (price first, confirm before deleting, read build logs on failure).

Step-by-step guides for each tool (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, opencode, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, Cline and others): https://docs.helipod.io/docs/helipod/ai-agents

Quick start: sign in (no key)

Add the hosted server and sign in to Helipod in the browser; you choose which products (Container, VPS, Domain API) and which project the tool may use, and can disconnect it any time in Settings → API keys → Connected apps.

Prefer a key, a local server, or a tool not listed? Read on.

1. Get a key

In the dashboard open a project, then Settings → API keys. Choose the products (Container API, Database API, VPS API, Domain API) and the reach (one project, or the whole account; the Domain API needs a whole-account key). The key starts with hel_.

For the email tools, enable Email API on the key (or sign in with it ticked). An email key from the project's Email section also still works, as HELIPODEMAILAPI_KEY.

export HELIPOD_API_KEY=hel_...
export HELIPOD_EMAIL_API_KEY=...   # optional: only if you use a separate email key

Start with a key limited to one project while you try things out.

2. Connect your tool

The server is the npm package helipod-mcp (Node.js 18 or newer). The configs below run it with npx -y helipod-mcp (or the installed helipod-mcp command) and pass HELIPODAPIKEY from your environment.

Claude Code

The plugin (above) uses the hosted server with sign-in. Local server with a key instead:

claude mcp add helipod --env HELIPOD_API_KEY=$HELIPOD_API_KEY -- npx -y helipod-mcp

Codex

Install once (Codex does not wait for MCP servers to start, so an installed server is ready for the first message while npx can miss it):

npm install -g helipod-mcp

~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.helipod]
command = "helipod-mcp"
env_vars = ["HELIPOD_API_KEY", "HELIPOD_EMAIL_API_KEY"]

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (one project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helipod": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "helipod-mcp"],
      "env": { "HELIPOD_API_KEY": "${env:HELIPOD_API_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.