Build with agents

The Zite MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that gives an AI agent — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client — the tools to create workspaces, edit code in a cloud sandbox, run checks, and publish apps. It feels like Claude Code operating on a Zite app, and it uses your model, so no Zite AI credits are spent. It’s one server at https://mcp.zite.com/mcp with two tool groups on a single connection: 17 build tools (create / edit / commit / publish apps) and 16 data tools (read / write records). The agent acts as you — scoped to your workspaces, every change attributed to you.

Connect

Add mcp.zite.com/mcp to your AI tool and authorize it.

The build loop

From an empty sandbox to a published app.

Build tools

Reference for the 17 build tools.

Data tools

16 data tools for reading and writing records.

Automating builds from CI or your own backend? The Build API exposes these same operations as REST.

All tools

Every tool below is available on one connection to https://mcp.zite.com/mcp. Build tools are documented in full on Build tools; data tools on Data tools.

Group	Tool	Description
Workspaces	`create_workspace`	Create a new, empty workspace (a database with no tables)
	`list_workspaces`	List every workspace you can access, with its apps and forms
	`get_workspace`	Read one workspace — its apps, forms, and project overview
Sandboxes	`create_sandbox`	Boot a build sandbox for a workspace and return the framework guide
	`create_app`	Scaffold an empty app in the sandbox (free — no AI build runs)
Files & editing	`list_files`	List files in the sandbox, with a substring or glob filter
	`grep`	Regex search across the sandbox’s code
	`read_file`	Read a file, optionally a line range
	`edit_file`	Replace an exact string in a file — the primary way to change code
	`write_file`	Create a new file or fully rewrite one
	`bash`	Run a shell script in the sandbox (npm installs, git, one-off scripts)
Checks & logs	`check_app`	Regenerate types, then type-check and validate app config
	`get_logs`	Read workflow run logs — inputs, output, console, stack traces
Ship	`commit`	Type-check, commit and push, then build and snapshot in the background
	`publish_app`	Take the latest successful build live
Integrations	`setup_integration`	List connectable services, attach an existing connection, or return an OAuth URL
Feedback	`send_feedback`	Report a platform problem to the Zite team
Schema	`get_database_schema`	Get every table and field in a database in one call
	`get_table_schema`	Get the fields for a single table
	`create_table`	Create a table with the given fields
	`update_table`	Rename a table
	`delete_table`	Permanently delete a table and its records
	`create_field`	Add a field (column) to a table
	`update_field`	Change a field’s name, type, or configuration
	`delete_field`	Permanently delete a field and its data
Records	`query_records`	Query records with filtering, sorting, and pagination
	`get_record`	Get a single record by ID
	`create_record`	Create a record
	`update_record`	Update a record’s fields
	`delete_record`	Delete a record
	`bulk_create_records`	Create many records in one call
	`bulk_update_records`	Update many records in one call
SQL	`execute_sql`	Run a read-only SQL query using human-readable table and field names

If the sandbox, commit, and publish tools don’t appear in your client’s tool list, app building isn’t enabled for your organization yet. The workspace tools, the data tools, and send_feedback are always available.

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