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New at ZAP: manage your servers with Claude and ChatGPT

Restart, read logs, create backups, change configs: with MCP Connect you can now do it in a chat with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini. No MCP server of your own, OAuth sign-in, and permissions you set yourself.

Marvin2 min11 November 202660 Views
New at ZAP: manage your servers with Claude and ChatGPT

As of today, ZapX, our new panel, runs on zap-hosting.com. One feature we'd like to highlight: MCP Connect. It connects your AI assistant directly to your servers with us so you can manage them in the chat.

What's new?

Tell Claude or ChatGPT what you need, and the assistant takes care of it in your ZapX account:

  • "Which of my servers are running right now?"
  • "Show me the latest errors in my FiveM server log."
  • "Create a backup and restart the server."
  • "What does an upgrade to 8 GB RAM cost?"

This is made possible by MCP, the Model Context Protocol, an open standard that lets AI assistants use tools. We run the MCP server for you. You just add https://zap-hosting.com/api/mcp to your client and sign in. For the background, see What is an MCP server?.

What you can manage

ProductExamples
Game serversstatus, start/stop/restart, console and logs, files and configs, backups, save games, mods, version changes
VPSstatus and usage, restart, backups and snapshots, view firewall, schedules, rescue mode, traffic, DDoS status
Dedicated serverspower, hardware and usage, reinstall, custom ISOs, rescue mode, reverse DNS, remote management
TeamSpeakstatus, configuration, tokens, bans, connected users
Discord botsstart/stop, logs, files
DomainsDNS records, nameservers, auto-renew

That's more than 160 tools in total. The assistant prepares upgrades and downgrades with a price preview; new services are still ordered in the shop.

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Supported AI clients

Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code and Windsurf. Setup for each client is in Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your server.

You stay in control

  • You set the permissions. The default is read only. Power actions, console, configs, backups or plan changes are enabled one by one.
  • Confirmation for every change. Actions that change something only run after explicit confirmation; plan changes additionally require a price preview.
  • OAuth sign-in. Your password stays with us, and you can disconnect at any time under Settings → API access.

Availability

MCP Connect is included in every ZapX Pass from Plus upwards. All details, client guides and FAQs are on the MCP page. For your own applications there is also the REST API.

We keep extending MCP Connect. If a tool is missing or something doesn't work, you can tell us straight from the chat: ask your assistant to send feedback to ZAP.

Marvin

About the author

Marvin

Managing Director

Leads ZAP-Hosting and writes about the big decisions: new products, pricing, and where ZAP-Hosting is headed.

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