Hatchbox runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 62 installs a week from npm. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.
MCP server for Hatchbox Rails hosting — env var inspection, deploys, and process monitoring.
What the code does
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What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add hatchbox -e 'HATCHBOX_API_KEY=<HATCHBOX_API_KEY>' -e 'HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID=<HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID>' -e 'HATCHBOX_APP_ID=<HATCHBOX_APP_ID>' -e 'HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY=<HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY>' -- npx -y hatchbox-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"hatchbox": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hatchbox-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID": "<HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID>",
"HATCHBOX_API_KEY": "<HATCHBOX_API_KEY>",
"HATCHBOX_APP_ID": "<HATCHBOX_APP_ID>",
"HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY": "<HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.hatchbox]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "hatchbox-mcp-server"]
env = { HATCHBOX_API_KEY = "<HATCHBOX_API_KEY>", HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID = "<HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID>", HATCHBOX_APP_ID = "<HATCHBOX_APP_ID>", HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY = "<HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"hatchbox": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hatchbox-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID": "<HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID>",
"HATCHBOX_API_KEY": "<HATCHBOX_API_KEY>",
"HATCHBOX_APP_ID": "<HATCHBOX_APP_ID>",
"HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY": "<HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"hatchbox": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"hatchbox-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID": "<HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID>",
"HATCHBOX_API_KEY": "<HATCHBOX_API_KEY>",
"HATCHBOX_APP_ID": "<HATCHBOX_APP_ID>",
"HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY": "<HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<HATCHBOX_API_KEY> (API key for authentication with Hatchbox), <HATCHBOX_ACCOUNT_ID> (Hatchbox account ID visible in the dashboard URL), <HATCHBOX_APP_ID> (Hatchbox application ID visible in the dashboard URL), <HATCHBOX_DEPLOY_KEY> (Deployment webhook key for triggering deployments).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
WEB_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS (IP address of Hatchbox server for SSH access to read environment variables), SSH_KEY_PATH (Path to SSH private key for server access), HATCHBOX_APP_NAME (App name to filter processes if multiple apps run on the same server), READONLY (Set to false to enable write operations for environment variables), ALLOW_DEPLOYS (Set to false to disable deployment operations).
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Hatchbox — questions
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