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Create Your First MCP Server in 5 Minutes

Go from idea to a live, deployed MCP server that AI agents can connect to. No infrastructure knowledge required.

What you will build

A fully functional MCP server deployed on the Cloudflare edge network, secured by Micipi's security scanner, and accessible from Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

1

Sign up at micipi.com

Create your free account using GitHub or Google. No credit card required. You get 3 free servers on the Starter plan.

Create Account
2

Open Chat and describe your server

Navigate to the Chat page and describe what you want your MCP server to do in plain language. For example:

Example prompt
Create an MCP server that fetches the latest
Hacker News stories and returns the title, URL,
and score for the top 10 posts.

Micipi's AI will generate a complete MCP server with proper tool definitions, input validation, and error handling.

3

Review code and security scan

The generated code appears in the editor. Micipi automatically runs a security scan that checks for:

  • Path traversal vulnerabilities
  • Shell injection risks
  • Unsafe data handling
  • Prompt injection vectors
  • Resource exhaustion patterns

You will see a security score out of 100. Servers scoring below 50 cannot be published to the marketplace.

4

Click Deploy

Hit the Deploy button. Your server goes live on Cloudflare's edge network in approximately 60 seconds, distributed across 300+ locations worldwide.

You will receive a gateway URL like:

https://gateway.micipi.com/s/your-server-name
5

Connect from Claude Desktop

Add your server to Claude Desktop by editing the configuration file:

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.micipi.com/s/your-server-name",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_TOKEN}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_TOKEN": "Bearer mcp_your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Find your API key on the Gateway page in the Micipi dashboard.

6

Ask Claude to use your tool

Open Claude Desktop and ask it to use your new server. For our Hacker News example:

Claude Desktop
Show me the top Hacker News stories right now

Claude will automatically discover and call your MCP tool, returning formatted results.