Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your server: setting up the ZapX MCP connector

In short: Add https://zap-hosting.com/api/mcp to your AI client as a remote MCP server or connector, sign in with your ZapX account and choose what the client may do. Then manage your servers in the chat. You need an active ZapX Pass Plus or higher.

• a ZapX account with an active ZapX Pass Plus, Pro or Max
• an AI client with MCP support: Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code or Windsurf
• the endpoint: https://zap-hosting.com/api/mcp

You'll also find the endpoint in the ZapX panel under Settings → API access → MCP Connect.

1. In Claude, open Settings → Connectors.
2. Click Add custom connector.
3. Enter a name such as "ZapX" and the URL https://zap-hosting.com/api/mcp.
4. Click Connect. The ZapX sign-in opens.
5. Sign in. On the consent page, choose what Claude may do (see below) and click Approve.
6. Enable the connector in a chat and ask, for example: "Which services do I have at ZAP?"

Whether you can add custom connectors depends on your Claude plan.

1. Open Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode. Availability depends on your ChatGPT plan or workspace policy.
2. Go to Apps & Connectors → Create.
3. Enter a name and description, the URL https://zap-hosting.com/api/mcp, and choose OAuth as authentication.
4. Sign in to ZapX and approve the permissions you want.
5. Enable the connector in a chat via + → Developer mode.

Note: ChatGPT renames these menus from time to time. If you can't find an item, search the settings for "Connectors" or "Developer mode".

In your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http zapx-services https://zap-hosting.com/api/mcp
claude mcp list

On first use, Claude Code opens your browser to sign in to ZapX.

Open Settings → Tools & Integrations → MCP tools and add the server, or add it to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zapx-services": { "url": "https://zap-hosting.com/api/mcp" }
  }
}

Restart Cursor and complete the sign-in. zap-hosting.com/en/mcp also has a button that adds the server to Cursor directly.

When you sign in, you decide what your AI client can access. The default is read only. You can enable more areas one by one:

You can change permissions later under Settings → API access → Connected apps or disconnect completely. If the client lacks a permission for an action, ZapX tells you which area to enable.

The ZapX MCP offers more than 160 tools for game servers, VPS, dedicated servers, TeamSpeak, Discord bots and domains. A few examples:

• "Show me the live status of my servers."
• "What do the last console lines of my Minecraft server say?"
• "Create a backup, then restart the server."
• "Set max-players to 40 in server.properties."
• "How much traffic has my VPS used this month?"
• "Add an A record for play to my domain."
• "What would upgrading my VPS to 8 GB RAM cost?"

• The ZapX MCP only runs actions that change something after you explicitly confirm them.
• Plan changes take two steps: you get a price preview first, then confirm explicitly.
• The AI cannot order new services. Use the shop for that.
• Sign-in uses OAuth. You never give your password to the AI client, and you can disconnect at any time.