Tools

Every tool of Basemodo's MCP, with its arguments, what it does and how it differs on the Remote MCP.

Each tool is a command of the CLI, named after its words joined by _: env set is env_set. It takes the command's arguments as JSON keys, and answers what the command prints with --json. When it fails, the error result carries the same {"error": ...} as the command, with its fix.

The Remote MCP and the local one serve the same tools. The Remote MCP has no folder of yours, so a tool that acts on an App needs the App's name (app), deploy takes a GitHub repository instead of a folder, and download answers the link to the App's Backups page instead of writing a file. Each tool's page says what changes.

A tool that only reads may run without your client asking you; one that changes things may ask first. A few commands stay in the terminal, like basemodo login: the CLI says which, and why.

Every tool

Tool	What it does	It
deploy	Deploy a folder and print its URL once it is live	changes things
deploys	List an App's Deploys, newest first, each with who made it and what it changed	reads
files	List or read an App's code, one of its Deploys', or a Template's	reads
change	Change an App's code: write, edit or delete files, deployed as one Deploy	changes things
diff	Show what a Deploy changed in its App's code, file by file	reads
rollback	Make an earlier Deploy live again, as a new Deploy	changes things
restart	Restart an App: its Machine starts again on its live Deploy	changes things
status	Say whether an App is awake, asleep, starting or paused, and its latest Deploy	reads
open	Open an App's URL in your browser	reads
logs	Follow an App's Logs live, or print its last lines with --lines	reads
env_set	Set Secrets: NAME=value ..., or one NAME alone to read its value from stdin. The App gets them the next time it starts: basemodo restart	changes things
env_list	List the App's Secrets by name, with who set each and when. Never values	reads
env_unset	Remove Secrets by name (all or none). The App loses them the next time it starts: basemodo restart	changes things
callers_list	List the App's Callers, with who named each and when, and the paths it exposes to them	reads
callers_add	Let another App of the same Owner call this one: name it a Caller	changes things
callers_remove	Take a Caller off: its next call is refused	changes things
share	Share an App: invite Members and Editors by email, remove them, answer Access Requests, or change its Visibility	changes things
indexing	Let search engines index a Public App (on), keep them out (off), or say which	changes things
toolbar	Turn off the Toolbar on an App's pages (off), turn it back on (on), or say which	changes things
recognize	Have a Public App ask visitors already signed in to Basemodo to continue as themselves (on), let them in as Guests again (off), or say which	changes things
egress	Give an App an outgoing address of its own (dedicated), give it back (shared), or say where its traffic leaves from	changes things
rename	Rename an App; its old address redirects to the new one for 30 days	changes things
domains_add	Claim a hostname of yours for the App, and print the DNS records to add	changes things
domains_verify	Look for a custom domain's DNS records now; once found, the App answers there	changes things
domains_list	List the App's custom domains, each with its status and DNS records	reads
domains_remove	Stop the App answering at a custom domain, and forget its certificate	changes things
run	Run a one-off command inside an App's Machine (a migration, a script)	changes things
runs	Follow a command an agent's run left running: what it printed and how it ended	reads
db	Run SQL against an App's SQLite database (/data/app.db) and print the rows	changes things
backup	Take a Backup of an App's data now: its database and every file on its volume	changes things
backups	List an App's Backups, newest first, to choose one to restore	reads
restore	Put an App's data back as a Backup holds it	changes things
download	Download an App's data as it is now: one .tar.gz file of everything on its disk	changes things
plan	Show your Plan and your next Invoice	reads
plan_reserve	See or change a Workspace's Seats, Additional Apps and Always On Apps reserved ahead, for its Admins	changes things
pull	Bring an App's latest code into a folder: a new one, or one that came from it	changes things
transfers_list	List the pending Transfers you asked for or may answer, with each App's Editors	reads
transfers_accept	Accept a Transfer: the App becomes yours, or your Workspace's, at the same URL	changes things
transfers_decline	Decline a Transfer: the App stays where it is	changes things
whoami	Print who this CLI is signed in as	reads
docs	Read the documentation of basemodo.com/docs: every page, or one topic	reads
feedback	Tell Basemodo what is wrong or missing, as the signed-in Person	changes things
account_delete	Erase your account for good: type its email to confirm	changes things