Inspect and control your Northflank projects, services, jobs, and builds from your AI assistant. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Northflank connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For developers and DevOps teams who run services, jobs and databases on Northflank.
Creates a build and deployment service with a Dockerfile, HTTP port, health check, chosen plan and inherited secret references. Requires confirmation and existing secret-group access; Northflank charges may apply.
Changes dataLists your projects, then the services in a project with their build and deployment status, and reads one service in detail.
Reads CPU and memory metrics of a service's containers, either a current snapshot or a time range.
Lists the build runs of a build service with branch, commit sha, status and timestamps, so you can find failed or slow builds.
Starts a new build of a build service. By default it builds the latest commit of the linked branch, or you can name a branch, commit sha or pull request.
Changes dataSets the number of running instances of a service, restarts its containers, pauses it to zero instances, or resumes a paused one.
Changes dataThe login page asks for your Northflank API token.
Find it in Northflank → account/team settings → API tokens. Your token is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"northflank": {
"url": "https://northflank.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"northflank": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://northflank.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Northflank API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Pro | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+ | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Northflank server only. Ask your AI to run northflank_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with northflank_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with northflank_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
northflank_list_repositoriesnorthflank_list_plansnorthflank_list_projectsnorthflank_get_projectnorthflank_list_servicesnorthflank_get_servicenorthflank_list_jobsnorthflank_get_jobnorthflank_list_addonsnorthflank_get_addonnorthflank_list_service_buildsnorthflank_get_service_metricsnorthflank_list_secret_groupsnorthflank_list_domainsnorthflank_create_combined_servicenorthflank_trigger_service_buildnorthflank_restart_servicenorthflank_scale_servicenorthflank_pause_servicenorthflank_resume_servicenorthflank_usage_statusnorthflank_request_featurenorthflank_upgradenorthflank_cancel_subscriptionDeploy a connected GitHub repository. List our projects and services and see which are paused. Check the CPU and memory use of a service. Review the build history of a service. Start a build for a service. Scale, restart, pause or resume a service. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Northflank. The server calls the Northflank API with your own Northflank access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Northflank API token. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Northflank API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Northflank API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Northflank.
Yes, if you approve it. 6 of the 20 Northflank tools can create or change data. The other 14 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Northflank server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run northflank_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run northflank_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run northflank_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with northflank_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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