Read Kinsta sites, environments, backups, logs and analytics; clear caches, restart PHP, back up. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"kinsta": {
"url": "https://kinsta.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"kinsta": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://kinsta.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
The login page asks for your Kinsta API key.
Create one in MyKinsta → your user name → Company settings → API Keys → Create API Key (company owners, administrators and developers can). The key is shown only once. It acts with the permissions of the role of the person who created it. Your key is used only to call the Kinsta API on your behalf; it is never shown to anyone.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Kinsta API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
kinsta_get_api_key_info | read | Get API key info Details of the Kinsta API key in use: its name, status, expiry and the company id it belongs to. The key itself is never shown. GET /validate. |
kinsta_list_available_regions | read | List data center regions The data center regions (name and region code) the company can host sites in. GET /company/{id}/available-regions. |
kinsta_list_activity_logs | read | List activity logs The company's activity log (who did what: site actions, DNS, migrations, billing, notifications, user management), newest first, with type, status, time, initiator and a description. Page with limit and offset (the reply's total tells how many exist). GET /company/{id}/activity-logs. |
kinsta_list_sites | read | List sites List the company's WordPress sites (id, name, display name, status, labels). With include_environments the live/staging environment ids, primary domain, PHP version, WordPress version and SSH host/port come too: use those environment ids for the other tools. GET /sites. |
kinsta_get_site | read | Get site One site by id, with its status and environments. GET /sites/{site_id}. |
kinsta_list_site_environments | read | List site environments The environments (live, staging, ...) of one site: id, name, PHP engine version, WordPress version, primary domain, edge cache and CDN ids. GET /sites/{site_id}/environments. |
kinsta_get_site_usage | read | Get site usage this month A site's usage for the current billing month: visits, bandwidth or CDN bandwidth. GET /sites/{site_id}/usage/{metric}/this-month. |
kinsta_list_environment_domains | read | List environment domains The domains attached to one environment (id, name, whether Kinsta DNS/Cloudflare is used). GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/domains. |
kinsta_list_company_domains | read | List company domains All domains the company has in Kinsta DNS / hosting, across sites. GET /domains. |
kinsta_list_backups | read | List backups The backups of one environment (manual, scheduled and system): id, name, note, type and creation time (epoch ms). Backups cannot be restored or deleted from here. GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/backups. |
kinsta_list_plugins | read | List WordPress plugins The plugins of one environment: name, title, status (active/inactive), version, available update version, vulnerability flags and the auto-update type. GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/wp-plugins. |
kinsta_list_themes | read | List WordPress themes The themes of one environment: name, title, status, version, available update version and vulnerability flags. GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/wp-themes. |
kinsta_get_logs | read | Get environment logs Recent lines of an environment's error log, access log or Kinsta cache performance log, optionally within a time range and filtered by a search text. Returns the log as text (the newest lines the API gives). Access logs contain visitor IP addresses. GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/logs. |
kinsta_get_analytics | read | Get environment analytics Traffic and resource analytics for one environment: visits, bandwidth, CDN bandwidth, disk space, response codes, visit dispersion, or the top countries, cities, browsers, hosts, referrers, user agents or ASNs. Choose a time_span or a from/to date range (yyyy-mm-dd). The company id is filled in automatically. GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/analytics/{metric}. |
kinsta_get_force_https_status | read | Get force-HTTPS status Whether the environment forces HTTPS (ENABLED_FOR_ALL, ENABLED_REDIRECT_TO_PRIMARY or DISABLED). GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/force-https-status. |
kinsta_list_redirect_rules | read | List redirect rules The environment's redirect rules (from, to, type, domain, optional country/city targeting), paged. GET /sites/environments/{env_id}/redirect-rules. |
kinsta_list_denied_ips | read | List denied IPs The IP addresses and ranges blocked from the environment. GET /sites/tools/denied-ips. |
kinsta_get_operation_status | read | Get operation status The status of an asynchronous operation (cache clear, PHP restart, manual backup, ...) by the operation_id the write tool returned. status 200 = finished, 202 = still running, other = failed. GET /operations/{operation_id}. |
kinsta_clear_site_cache | write | Clear site cache WRITE: clear the page cache of one environment (the site is briefly slower while the cache warms up; nothing is lost). Returns an operation_id: check it with kinsta_get_operation_status. POST /sites/tools/clear-cache. |
kinsta_clear_edge_cache | write | Clear edge cache WRITE: clear Kinsta's edge cache for one environment, optionally only for one URL (and its subdirectories). Nothing is lost; pages are cached again on the next visits. Returns an operation_id. POST /sites/edge-caching/clear. |
kinsta_clear_cdn_cache | write | Clear CDN cache WRITE: clear the CDN cache of one environment (nothing is lost; files are fetched from the origin again). Needs the environment's cdn_cache_id from kinsta_list_sites. Returns an operation_id. POST /sites/cdn/clear-cache. |
kinsta_restart_php | write | Restart PHP engine WRITE: restart the PHP engine of one environment. Requests in flight fail and the site may be unavailable for a few seconds. Returns an operation_id. POST /sites/tools/restart-php. |
kinsta_create_manual_backup | write | Create manual backup WRITE: start a manual backup of one environment, with an optional note. Kinsta limits the number of manual backups per environment; when the limit is reached the request fails and nothing is deleted. Returns an operation_id. POST /sites/environments/{env_id}/manual-backups. |
kinsta_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current free-tier usage this month: calls used, monthly limit, remaining, and whether the cap is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
kinsta_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Kinsta tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
kinsta_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited) Subscribe to the Pro plan for UNLIMITED Kinsta tool calls (the free tier caps monthly usage). Choose monthly ($9/month) or yearly ($90/year — 2 months free) billing. Returns a Stripe Checkout link to open in your browser; after payment your account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
kinsta_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Kinsta Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; unlimited calls continue until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run kinsta_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 tool calls / month |
| Proper company | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited |
Pro covers this Kinsta server only. Subscribe with kinsta_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with kinsta_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running kinsta_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kinsta. The server calls the Kinsta API with your own Kinsta access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
The login page asks for your Kinsta API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Kinsta API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Kinsta API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Kinsta.
Yes, if you approve it. 5 of the 23 Kinsta tools can create or change data. The other 18 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 100 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls, for this Kinsta server only. Run kinsta_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run kinsta_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run kinsta_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with kinsta_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.