Quickstart

Connect an MCP client to your hosting account in four steps. You need an active SmarterASP.NET account with at least one existing hosting plan.

1. 1

   Create an API key

   Sign in to the Control Panel, open Account Settings → Hosting API Keys, enter a descriptive key name, choose read-only or read/write access, and select Create API key. Copy the key immediately—it is shown once.

2. 2

   Store it as an environment variable

   Keep the key out of source code, chat messages, screenshots, workflow files, and checked-in configuration.

   TerminalCopy

   export SMARTERASP_API_KEY="paste-your-key-here"

3. 3

   Add the MCP server

   Use the production endpoint and reference the environment variable as the Bearer credential.

   Codex · config.tomlCopy

   [mcp_servers.smarterasp]
   url = "https://mcp.site4now.net/mcp"
   bearer_token_env_var = "SMARTERASP_API_KEY"

4. 4

   Verify the connection

   Restart or reload your MCP client, then ask it to call accounts_list followed by hosting_list_plans. A successful response contains only opaque identifiers and sanitized hosting data.

Recommended first prompt

List my hosting accounts and plans. Do not make changes. Summarize which plans are Windows or Linux and their available website, database, and email capacity.