• STORAGE
  • SECURITY
  • COST
  • HUMAN

How to audit cloud resources with your AI

Connect Railway to your agent to run resource audits across your entire infrastructure. Once connected, your AI handles the heavy lifting of scanning projects and services.

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Short answer

How can I audit my Railway resources using AI?

Your agent uses Railway tools to pull a list of all your projects, services, and volumes. It then compares storage usage and domain certificate status to flag anything that needs your attention. You'll get a clear breakdown of where your resources are being used or where certificates are nearing expiration.

Where every issue lands.

Audit outcomes

The AI organizes its findings into these specific categories.

STORAGE

Volume usage alerts

The AI identifies volumes that are nearing capacity. You get a list of specific services that need more space.

SECURITY

SSL certificate status

The agent checks your domains to see which SSL certificates are valid or expiring soon. This helps you avoid downtime.

COST

Resource mapping

By looking at how volumes are attached to services, the AI shows you exactly where your storage costs are sitting.

HUMAN

Manual intervention

The AI identifies which resources require you to manually resize a volume or update a domain setting in the Railway dashboard.

The workflow

What your AI does when the audit starts.

The agent follows a logical path to map your infrastructure before reporting issues.

  1. Map the environment

    The agent first identifies every project you have active in your account.

    list_projects

  2. Identify services

    It drills down into each project to see the specific services running.

    list_services

  3. Check storage

    The agent looks at the attached volumes to find usage spikes or near-limit scenarios.

    list_volumes

  4. Verify domains

    It scans your custom domains to check the health and validity of SSL certificates.

    list_domains

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your audit.

Starting points

These are basic starting lines. You can swap out specific project names or service IDs to get more targeted results.

Railway Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_gyaEYKFymfCXdzrzurtmOpGg4NHbs78KRVQqxdi8/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Railway capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "railway-alternative-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_gyaEYKFymfCXdzrzurtmOpGg4NHbs78KRVQqxdi8/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Audit all my Railway projects and tell me if any volumes are nearly full.

  • Check the SSL certificate status for all domains in my production project.

  • List all services in my 'backend-api' project that have attached volumes.

  • Find any domains in my account that might have expiring SSL certificates.

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Start here

Connect Railway once, then ask.

Just link your account through Vinkius. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can immediately start asking questions about your Railway setup.

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FAQ

Common questions

  • 01

    Can the AI delete my Railway services?

    No. The current tools only allow the AI to list and read data. It cannot delete or modify your resources.

  • 02

    Can the AI resize my storage volumes?

    No. The AI can identify which volumes are full, but you must manually resize them in the Railway dashboard.

  • 03

    Does the AI see my environment variables?

    No. The tools provided only access project, service, volume, and domain metadata.

  • 04

    How often does the AI check for expiring certificates?

    The AI only checks when you explicitly ask it to run an audit or check your domains.

  • 05

    Can I use this with Cursor?

    Yes. Any MCP-compatible client like Cursor, Claude, or Windsurf works once you connect the Railway MCP.

  • More questions about Railway? The Connector page answers them. See everything the Railway Connector can do

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