Unshift MCP server

Unshift MCP connector

Turn Claude or ChatGPT into a website builder. Describe a site in plain English, and Unshift builds a real React site and publishes it to a live URL you own.

Unshift is a hosted, remote Model Context Protocol connector. You bring your own Claude or ChatGPT, describe the site you want, and Unshift builds a real React site (with a visual editor and a built-in CMS) and publishes it to a live URL. The AI runs on your own account, so there is no token bill from us, and Claude's free tier is enough to try it. Everyday edits happen in a visual editor.

Connect

Claude (web or desktop)

1. Open Settings, then Connectors, then "Add custom connector".
2. Name it Unshift and paste the URL https://studio.unshift.ai/api/mcp.
3. Connect, then complete the OAuth sign-in. No API key is required.

Other MCP clients (Claude Desktop config, Cursor, etc.)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unshift": {
      "url": "https://studio.unshift.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Authentication is OAuth 2.1; your client runs the sign-in the first time you connect.

What you can do

• Build a site from a single prompt, or import and rebuild an existing site from a URL.
• Edit pages, blocks, themes, layouts, and SEO conversationally, then publish.
• Wire live data: REST APIs, headless CMSes, WordPress, and Shopify or a native storefront.
• Publish to a free app_id.unshift.dev address, or a custom domain on Pro.

Tools

Every tool is scoped by OAuth to your own account. Reads are marked R. Tools that delete or roll back existing content are marked D; your client may ask you to confirm those.

Plan and import (read-only)

• planimport R** - crawl a URL into a build plan (theme, sections, pages). Start here.
• scrapesite R** - crawl a URL into pages, images, fonts, and color tokens.
• extracttheme R** - derive a theme from a crawl result or a URL.
• segmentpage R** - split a page into candidate sections.
• suggestblocks R** - rank catalog blocks for a given section.
• getblock R** - read a block's component source and default props.
• inspectdatasource R - inspect any REST or headless-CMS endpoint's shape.
• wordpressdiscover R** - discover a WordPress site's post types and fields.
• shopifydiscover R** - discover a Shopify store's products and collections.
• blockguide R** - the block authoring and prop-value contract.

Build

• create_app - create a new app (the first step of a build).
• generate_theme - set the full theme (colors, fonts, radius).
• set_theme - tweak an existing theme.
• set_layout - place the shared header and footer.
• import_assets - download image URLs into storage.
• import_icon - import a logo image as an icon.
• add_page - add a page from blocks.
• finalize_app - validate, save, and publish; the required final step.

Edit and review

• getapp R** - read an app's theme summary and pages.
• getpage R** - read one page's blocks, props, and SEO.
• listpages R** - list an app's pages.
• edit_block - edit a block instance's props or code.
• add_block - insert a block into a page.
• removeblock D** - delete a block from a page.
• move_block - reorder a block.
• update_page - update a page's title, slug, or SEO.
• removepage D** - delete a page.
• update_app - rename the app.
• submitforreview - hand a draft to the user to approve or decline.
• undolastchange D - roll back your most recent change-set.

Data and dynamic content

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.