Daytona (Dev Workspaces) MCP Server with 28 Tools for Claude, Cursor, and AI Agents
Manage ephemeral development environments and sandboxes via Daytona — create, start, stop, and resize workspaces directly from your AI agent. Vinkius routes your AI agents directly to Daytona (Dev Workspaces) through a governed connection. 28 tools ready to use with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI agent — no hosting, no setup, connect in 30 seconds.
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What is the Daytona MCP Server?
The Daytona MCP Server routes AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor directly to Daytona via 28 tools. Manage ephemeral development environments and sandboxes via Daytona — create, start, stop, and resize workspaces directly from your AI agent. Powered by Vinkius — your credentials stay on your side of the connection, every request is auditable. Connect in under 2 minutes.
Built-in capabilities (28)
Tools for your AI Agents to operate Daytona
Ask your AI agent "List all my current Daytona sandboxes." and get the answer without opening a single dashboard. With 28 tools connected to real Daytona data, your agents reason over live information, cross-reference it with other MCP servers, and deliver insights you would spend hours assembling manually.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client. Powered by Vinkius — your credentials never touch the AI model, every request is auditable. Connect in under two minutes.
Why teams choose Vinkius
One subscription gives you the infrastructure to connect your AI agents to thousands of MCP servers — and deploy your own to the Vinkius Edge. Your credentials stay yours. Your data flows directly between your agent and the API. DLP blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade routing and governance, zero maintenance.
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Use all 28 Daytona (Dev Workspaces) tools with your AI agents right now
Vinkius routes your AI agents to Daytona (Dev Workspaces) through a governed proxy. Beyond a simple connection, you get full visibility into every action your agents perform, with enterprise-grade security and up to 60% savings on AI costs.
Activate snapshot on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Activate a snapshot
Archive sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Archive a sandbox
Create api key on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Create a new Daytona API key
Create sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Create a new Daytona sandbox
Create snapshot on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Create a new snapshot
Create volume on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Create a new volume
Deactivate snapshot on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Deactivate a snapshot
Delete api key on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Delete an API key by name
Delete sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Delete a sandbox
Delete snapshot on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Delete a snapshot
Delete volume on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Delete a volume
Fork sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Fork an existing sandbox
Get api key on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Get details of a specific API key by name
Get current api key on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Get details of the currently authenticated API key
Get sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Get details of a specific sandbox
Get sandbox preview url on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Get a signed preview URL for a specific port on a sandbox
Get snapshot on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Get details of a specific snapshot
Get volume on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Get details of a specific volume by ID
Get volume by name on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Get details of a specific volume by name
List api keys on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
List Daytona API keys
List sandboxes on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
List all Daytona sandboxes
List sandboxes paginated on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
List all Daytona sandboxes (paginated)
List snapshots on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
List all Daytona snapshots
List volumes on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
List all Daytona volumes
Recover sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Recover a sandbox from an error state
Resize sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Resize sandbox resources
Start sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Start a stopped sandbox
Stop sandbox on Daytona (Dev Workspaces)
Stop a running sandbox
What the Daytona (Dev Workspaces) MCP Server unlocks
Connect your Daytona account to any AI agent to orchestrate cloud-based development environments through natural language. Daytona provides standardized, ephemeral sandboxes that can be provisioned and managed on demand.
What you can do
- Sandbox Orchestration — List, create, start, stop, and delete sandboxes with specific CPU, memory, and disk configurations.
- Snapshot Management — Create and manage snapshots to preserve environment states or activate them for new sandboxes using
create_snapshotandactivate_snapshot. - API Key Control — Manage your authentication keys directly, including listing and creating new access tokens via
list_api_keysandcreate_api_key. - Resource Scaling — Dynamically resize sandbox resources (vCPU, RAM, Disk) to match your workload requirements using
resize_sandbox. - Volume & Storage — Inspect and manage persistent volumes and snapshots for your dev environments.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Daytona API Key
3. Start managing your dev infrastructure from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- DevOps Engineers — Automate the lifecycle of test environments and sandboxes.
- Software Developers — Spin up fresh coding environments without leaving the chat or IDE.
- QA Teams — Quickly recover sandboxes from error states or fork existing environments for debugging.
Frequently asked questions about the Daytona (Dev Workspaces) MCP Server
Can I change the resources of an existing sandbox?
Yes, you can use the resize_sandbox tool to update the CPU, memory, or disk size of a specific sandbox by providing its ID or name.
How do I create a new environment with a specific Docker image?
Use the create_sandbox tool and provide the image parameter with the desired Docker or OCI image name.
What should I do if a sandbox is in an error state?
You can use the recover_sandbox tool to attempt to restore a sandbox from an error state back to a functional one.
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We built the connector to Daytona (Dev Workspaces). Now put your agents to work. Fully governed.
Vinkius is the AI Gateway with managed hosting. Stop building connectors. Every connection runs inside eight layers of security.
Hosted, sandboxed, and live on AWS. You don't provision anything. You don't maintain anything. You connect.
Every tool call, every token, every response. Logged and auditable. Data flows direct from Daytona (Dev Workspaces) to your agent. Nothing is stored on our side. Ever.
Eight governance layers on every request. Sensitive data redacted before it reaches the model. Kill switch if anything goes sideways. Always on.
