Cloudways MCP — Claude Code & OpenClaw Skill

A production-grade Claude Code & OpenClaw skill for managing Cloudways infrastructure through the official Cloudways (Remote) MCP — connect directly to the hosted server, run one or many accounts, with a safety rule on every write.

This is not just a tool reference. It is an operational playbook for running Cloudways infrastructure responsibly: server and app monitoring, routine maintenance, client onboarding/audit, and automation — with write-confirmation guardrails on anything that changes state. The connection source of truth is the official Cloudways article.

Features

• ✅ Official Cloudways (Remote) MCP — connect directly to the hosted server at mcp.cloudways.com; no self-hosting, no proxy to maintain.
• ✅ Complete tool catalog — the full official toolset across servers, apps, services, DNS, CDN, Git, SSH keys, and analytics, tagged R / W / W!.
• ✅ Write-confirmation safety — every state-changing operation requires explicit target + action confirmation; destructive operations double-confirm.
• ✅ Multi-account — one connection per Cloudways account, each with its own prefix; no cross-account ID or credential mixing.
• ✅ Operational playbooks — monitoring, maintenance, client onboarding/audit, and n8n / Make / headless automation.
• ✅ Honest gaps — SSL, IP-whitelisting, and team management are flagged as Cloudways UI / direct-API (not MCP tools), never faked.

Structure

.claude/skills/cloudways-mcp/
├── SKILL.md                          # core: safety rules, multi-account, confirmation, patterns
└── references/
    ├── installation.md               # Claude connection (official MCP) + multi-account config
    ├── tools-catalog.md              # official tool catalog, tagged R / W / W!
    ├── workflows-monitoring.md       # monitoring scenarios (read-only)
    ├── workflows-maintenance.md      # maintenance scenarios (write — requires confirmation)
    ├── workflows-onboarding.md       # audit/onboarding for a new client
    └── workflows-automation.md       # n8n / Make / Claude Code headless / multi-account

Key points

• Write safety. Any tool that changes state requires explicit confirmation of the target and action (SKILL.md); destructive operations (delete, restore, scale) double-confirm. The tool catalog is verified against the official article — see tools-catalog.md for the R / W / W! tags.
• Multi-account. Each account is connected as a separate connection with its own prefix (mcp__cloudways-clientA__*). The skill requires identifying the correct account before any operation, and prohibits mixing IDs/credentials across accounts.
• Source of truth. If the catalog here conflicts with what the live MCP returns — the live MCP wins; update the catalog accordingly.

Activation

The skill activates automatically when Cloudways is discussed, as long as the skill is available and the MCP server is connected (the tools appear as mcp__cloudways*__*). For setup and connection — see installation.md and .mcp.json.example.

The official hosted MCP is at https://mcp.cloudways.com/mcp/. Authenticate with per-account request headers: X-CW-Email, X-CW-Api-Key, and X-Mcp-Host (the client name, e.g. claude-code). Generate the API key at platform.cloudways.com → API Integration. One connection per account, named cloudways-<client>.

Sources

• How to Use Cloudways MCP Server for AI-Based Server Management (official — the source of truth for the connection)
• Cloudways Roadmap (lists "Cloudways Remote MCP", Q2 2026)
• Cloudways API reference

The tool catalog is verified against the official support article. If it ever conflicts with what the live mcp__cloudways*__* tools return, the live MCP is authoritative.

Links

• Repository: https://github.com/Digitizers/cloudways-mcp
• OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai
• Cloudways MCP article: https://support.cloudways.com/en/articles/14654372-how-to-use-cloudways-mcp-server-for-ai-based-server-management
• Digitizer: https://www.digitizer.studio

License

MIT

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