Coolify MCP Server

MCP server for Coolify — 44 optimized tools for infrastructure management, diagnostics, and documentation search

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What is the Coolify MCP server?

Coolify MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. MCP server for Coolify — 44 optimized tools for infrastructure management, diagnostics, and documentation search.

What you get

Manage Coolify from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: 44 consolidated tools for deploying, debugging, and operating your self-hosted PaaS in plain English.

What the assistant can call

Once Coolify is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Category — Tools
  • Infrastructure — get_infrastructure_overview, get_mcp_version, get_version, system (health, list_resources, enable/disable API)
  • Diagnostics — diagnose_app, diagnose_server, find_issues
  • Servers — list_servers, get_server, validate_server, server_resources, server_domains
  • Projects — projects (list, get, create, update, delete via action param)
  • Environments — environments (list, get, create, delete via action param)
  • Applications — list_applications, get_application, application (CRUD + delete_preview)
  • Databases — list_databases, get_database, database (create 8 types, delete), database_backups (CRUD schedules, executions incl. delete)
  • Services — list_services, get_service, service (create, update, delete, list_containers; per-container update_application + start/stop/restart_application
  • Control — control (start/stop/restart for apps, databases, services)
  • Logs — logs (container logs for app, database, service; services need container), application_logs (superseded by logs)
  • Tags — tags (list, attach, detach for apps, databases, services; tag resources then deploy them together; Coolify v4.2+)

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 3 environment variables: COOLIFY_BASE_URL, COOLIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN, DATABASE_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Choosing this one

Among the monitoring and observability options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Coolify's toolset — Category, Infrastructure, Diagnostics and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by GitHub Actions; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Coolify.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the coolify mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
CategoryTools
Infrastructureget_infrastructure_overview, get_mcp_version, get_version, system (health, list_resources, enable/disable API)
Diagnosticsdiagnose_app, diagnose_server, find_issues
Serverslist_servers, get_server, validate_server, server_resources, server_domains
Projectsprojects (list, get, create, update, delete via action param)
Environmentsenvironments (list, get, create, delete via action param)
Applicationslist_applications, get_application, application (CRUD + delete_preview)
Databaseslist_databases, get_database, database (create 8 types, delete), database_backups (CRUD schedules, executions incl. delete)
Serviceslist_services, get_service, service (create, update, delete, list_containers; per-container update_application + start/stop/restart_application, Coolify v4.2+)
Controlcontrol (start/stop/restart for apps, databases, services)
Logslogs (container logs for app, database, service; services need container), application_logs (superseded by logs)
Tagstags (list, attach, detach for apps, databases, services; tag resources then deploy them together; Coolify v4.2+)
Storagesstorages (list, create, update, delete persistent/file storages for apps, databases, services)
Deploymentslist_deployments, deploy (incl. wait-to-terminal-status), deployment (get, cancel, list_for_app)

How to install the Coolify MCP server

**Any MCP client (JSON config):**

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coolify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@masonator/coolify-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "COOLIFY_BASE_URL": "https://your-coolify-instance.com",
        "COOLIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
COOLIFY_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
COOLIFY_ACCESS_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
DATABASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Coolify to Category.
  • Use Coolify to Infrastructure.
  • Use Coolify to Diagnostics.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Coolify to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (Category, Infrastructure, Diagnostics, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Coolify directly.