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Daytona MCP for AI Agents. Automating Cloud-Based Development Environment Provisioning

Daytona manages ephemeral development environments through an MCP. It lets your AI agent orchestrate cloud sandboxes by creating, resizing, stopping, and starting entire dev workspaces on demand. Manage full environment lifecycles—from initial setup to deep debugging—all conversationally.

Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Provisioning and Scaling Sandboxes

Create new sandboxes, start stopped environments, stop running ones, delete old workspaces, resize resources, or fork existing instances.

Snapshotting and Restoration

Take point-in-time backups of an environment's state using create_snapshot, and then use those snapshots to restore the workspace later via activate_snapshot.

Persistent Storage Management

Create, list, retrieve, and delete volumes (create_volume, get_volume) ensuring that critical data persists even after the sandbox is terminated.

Authentication Key Control

Manage all necessary API access tokens by listing, generating (create_api_key), or deleting keys to maintain a clean security posture.

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Daytona MCP for AI Agents

What AI agents can do with 28 Tools in the Daytona (Dev Workspaces) MCP for Sandboxes & Volumes Management

Use these tools to fully automate your development environment lifecycle, from creating new sandboxes to managing persistent storage volumes and API keys.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

Start using Daytona (Dev Workspaces) MCP

Activate Snapshot

Activate a snapshot

Archive Sandbox

Archive a sandbox

Create Api Key

Create a new Daytona API key

Create Sandbox

Create a new Daytona sandbox

Create Snapshot

Create a new snapshot

Create Volume

Create a new volume

Deactivate Snapshot

Deactivate a snapshot

Delete Api Key

Delete an API key by name

Delete Sandbox

Delete a sandbox

Delete Snapshot

Delete a snapshot

Delete Volume

Delete a volume

Fork Sandbox

Fork an existing sandbox

Get Api Key

Get details of a specific API key by name

Get Current Api Key

Get details of the currently authenticated API key

Get Sandbox Preview Url

Get a signed preview URL for a specific port on a sandbox

Get Sandbox

Get details of a specific sandbox

Get Snapshot

Get details of a specific snapshot

Get Volume By Name

Get details of a specific volume by name

Get Volume

Get details of a specific volume by ID

List Api Keys

List Daytona API keys

List Sandboxes Paginated

List all Daytona sandboxes (paginated)

List Sandboxes

List all Daytona sandboxes

List Snapshots

List all Daytona snapshots

List Volumes

List all Daytona volumes

Recover Sandbox

Recover a sandbox from an error state

Resize Sandbox

Resize sandbox resources

Start Sandbox

Start a stopped sandbox

Stop Sandbox

Stop a running sandbox

Security and governance baked right in.

Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Daytona MCP for AI Agents integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
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Make Your AI Do More

Start with Daytona (Dev Workspaces), then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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Daytona (Dev Workspaces) MCP for AI Agents: Orchestrating Sandbox Lifecycles

Currently, managing test environments is a nightmare of clicks. You have to jump between the cloud console, write up tickets, wait for allocation, and then manually scale resources whenever your test suite demands more RAM or CPU. This process slows down development dramatically.

With this MCP, you simply tell your agent what you need—'Give me a sandbox with 8 vCPU and enough memory to run the database.' The environment provisions instantly, ready for work. You get immediate control over the entire dev stack without leaving the chat interface.

Daytona (Dev Workspaces) MCP for AI Agents: Managing Persistent Data Volumes

Manually backing up or managing data volumes means tracking IDs and ensuring that when a sandbox is deleted, the critical persistent storage remains safe. This often involves copy-pasting resource identifiers across multiple dashboards.

Now, your agent handles it all. You can ask to `create_volume` or `list_volumes`, knowing you have full control over your long-term data assets separate from the temporary compute instances. It keeps your infrastructure clean and auditable.

What Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP does for your AI

Need to spin up a fresh coding environment without leaving your chat or IDE? This MCP connects your development workflow directly to Daytona's infrastructure control plane. It lets you treat complex cloud management tasks like simple conversations with your AI agent.

You can provision standardized, temporary sandboxes instantly, giving your team consistent environments for testing and debugging. Need more power? You tell the agent, and it dynamically resizes resources like vCPU or RAM to match your workload requirements. If a sandbox gets into an error state mid-test, you don't restart from scratch; you simply ask the agent to recover it.

The process includes full control over persistent storage—you can create volumes, manage snapshots for later use, and even fork existing environments if you need a specific baseline for testing. Because this MCP is hosted on Vinkius, your AI client connects once to access this tool alongside thousands of other enterprise capabilities.

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Frequently asked questions about Daytona MCP for AI Agents MCP

How do I manage development sandboxes with the Daytona MCP for AI Agents? +

You control everything through conversation. You can ask your agent to create a new sandbox, scale its CPU resources up or down, and even take backups (snapshots) of it when you're ready to test something risky.

Can the Daytona MCP for AI Agents help me debug old code? +

Yes. Instead of trying to replicate a bug manually, your agent can restore an environment from a previous snapshot—say, one from last week—so you have the exact conditions needed for debugging.

What is the best way to keep my test data safe using Daytona MCP for AI Agents? +

Use persistent volumes. This keeps your core application data separate from the temporary compute environment, guaranteeing that your data survives even if you delete and recreate the sandbox.

Is the Daytona MCP for AI Agents useful for large teams? +

Absolutely. It allows different team members to work in isolated sandboxes without interfering with each other's setup, ensuring everyone has a clean workspace on demand.

How do I know if my current sandbox is properly configured? +

You can ask your agent to get the full details of the sandbox. It will return all metadata—CPU, RAM, disk size, and network status—so you always know exactly what resources are allocated.