How to Use the Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) MCP in Claude Code

Q: How do I add Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) to Claude Code?

Run claude mcp add --transport http vinkius-northflank -- . Make sure all flags come before the server name. Verify the connection using claude mcp list.

Q: Can Claude Code check Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) SSL certificates?

Yes. It uses getservice to retrieve the structural anatomy of a service. This includes verifying external domain SSL associations and checking horizontal scaling status.

Q: How does the CLI handle project targeting?

It executes listprojects to fetch the mandatory organizational IDs. The agent caches these IDs to target subsequent commands accurately.

Q: Will Claude Code read Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) project metadata?

It relies on getproject to correlate global resource restrictions. This data backs your application microservice pipelines and confirms deployment capacity.

Q: Is it safe to pull production environment variables in the terminal?

The tool accesses sensitive DATABASEURL strings via listsecrets. The MCP Server connection is entirely ephemeral, meaning your API tokens and returned secrets exist only in memory during the execution window and disappear immediately after the process exits.

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`create_project` provisions isolated Northflank project spaces and assigns regional routing rules. You pipe a command to Claude Code, and it sets up the exact cloud ingress you need for your IaC sequence. To manage the new environment, it calls `list_secrets` to map configuration dictionaries into your running jobs. It pulls the necessary database URLs and injects them across the VPC isolation boundaries.

Trigger Builds via Claude Code

`trigger_build` commands the Northflank builders to compile the latest code and deploy it. You drop this into a GitHub Action or cron job, and the agent handles the deployment pipeline headlessly. Before building, the tool runs `list_services` to delineate distinct Dockerized builds and GitHub auto-deploy endpoints. This guarantees the build targets the correct microservice instance every single time.

Cycle Services and Audit Jobs

`restart_service` cycles container replicas to drop accumulated RAM and restore execution timing. You trigger this from an SSH session to gracefully recover a degraded service without opening a web dashboard. For visibility, `list_jobs` enumerates the batch and cron jobs running inside a project. If you need to kill an environment entirely, `delete_project` severs traffic routing and drops the backend node processes.

Setup guide

Set up Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see northflank-developer-cloud-orchestration-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http northflank-developer-cloud-orchestration-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "northflank-developer-cloud-orchestration-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about Northflank (Developer Cloud & Orchestration) MCP in Claude Code

Run `claude mcp add --transport http vinkius-northflank -- `. Make sure all flags come before the server name. Verify the connection using `claude mcp list`.

Yes. It uses `get_service` to retrieve the structural anatomy of a service. This includes verifying external domain SSL associations and checking horizontal scaling status.

It executes `list_projects` to fetch the mandatory organizational IDs. The agent caches these IDs to target subsequent commands accurately.

It relies on `get_project` to correlate global resource restrictions. This data backs your application microservice pipelines and confirms deployment capacity.

The tool accesses sensitive `DATABASE_URL` strings via `list_secrets`. The MCP Server connection is entirely ephemeral, meaning your API tokens and returned secrets exist only in memory during the execution window and disappear immediately after the process exits.

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