Developers: AI tools

Build from AI tools (MCP)

Create and change Draftship apps from Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients.

Draftship has an MCP server for your account. Connect an AI tool, and you can say "Build me a booking app on Draftship" from that tool. To use one app's data instead, see App MCP.

Connect

Open Settings → AI tools (MCP) and create a token. Copy it, because it's only shown once.
Add the server to your tool.

In Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http draftship https://draftship.dev/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer dsu_your_token"

In Cursor, add this to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "draftship": {
      "url": "https://draftship.dev/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer dsu_your_token" }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	What it does
`list_apps`	Lists your apps
`create_app`	Starts building a new app from a description
`change_app`	Sends a message to an app's AI, in build, plan or discuss mode
`publish_app`	Makes an app's latest draft live
`get_app`	Shows an app's status and live address, any unpublished changes, and the latest result
`list_files`	Lists an app's source files (paid plans)
`read_file`	Reads a source file (paid plans)

Building takes a few minutes, so your tool checks get_app until the app is ready.

Limits and security

create_app and change_app use your plan's limits, just like messages on the website. publish_app doesn't.
change_app changes the draft, like the chat on the website. Visitors get the change after publish_app.
A token can't change billing or settings, delete apps or see your secrets.
Keep your token private. Anyone who has it can build on your account. To cut off a tool, revoke its token in Settings → AI tools (MCP).