Axcient MCP

Axcient + AI - for Claude, the ChatGPT desktop app, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and any agent that speaks MCP

Unofficial. Community-built Claude Code Skill and MCP server for the Axcient API. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Axcient, Inc.

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Every x360Recover endpoint, plus the fleet-wide backup-health answers the API alone can't give - offline, joined, and agent-ready. Works with the AI you already use - ChatGPT (desktop app), Claude Desktop, Codex, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and GitHub Copilot - plus Gemini CLI. Free, open source, runs on your laptop. Built for MSP owners. No code required.

Works with your agent

Security note (until this connector is reprinted). Do not run HTTP mode (--transport http), not even on localhost. This build has no password, listens on every network interface, and predates the browser-rebinding guard, so a web page you open can reach it. The MCP tools can also make changes with your credentials. Use the default stdio transport. If you set up a tunnel for a remote agent, shut it down. A fix is on the way.

The six agents MSP owners actually use (self-serve, works today):

The ChatGPT desktop app runs axcient-mcp locally and shares MCP configuration with Codex (OpenAI). ChatGPT on the web needs a remote (HTTP) server, and this connector's HTTP mode is paused until it is reprinted (see the security note in mcp-install.md), so msp-skills does not support it yet. If your team works there, a hosted gateway is the better pick; check that your AI app is on the gateway's setup list.

Also for the Microsoft and Google stacks

Big install base, but an honest heads-up: Gemini CLI runs the local binary you just installed, while Microsoft 365 Copilot and the Gemini app need a remote server, which msp-skills does not support yet.

Skill-native agents (also covered): Hermes and OpenClaw read this skill's SKILL.md directly and speak MCP - see their install sections below. Also works with Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue.dev, and Zed via MCP. Full per-tool wire-up: docs/which-agent.md.

Run more than one agent? Install across all 51+ supported agents in one command: npx skills add Servosity/msp-skills@latest (requires Node.js, then run the per-skill installer for the CLI/MCP binaries). See docs/which-agent.md.

Install in 60 seconds

Fastest for Claude Desktop - one-click .mcpb

Claude Desktop bundle: the .mcpb launches on macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Windows x64 and Linux x64. Every tool shells out to the companion axcient-cli. Releases cut from 2026-09-18 on ship that CLI inside the bundle; older bundles contain only the MCP server, so if yours lacks the companion, run the Path A or Path B installer below first (or set AXCIENT_CLI_PATH to an existing binary). Details: #331.

Download Axcient MCP (.mcpb) - then open Claude Desktop > Settings > Extensions and select the file. One click, no JSON, no shell. (Browse every Axcient release on the releases page.)

Prefer the Claude Code plugin? Add the marketplace once, then install - works immediately, no directory listing required:

/plugin marketplace add Servosity/msp-skills/plugin install axcient@msp-skills

Path A - paste one prompt into your AI agent (recommended)

Copy this into Claude Code, Codex CLI, or Claude Cowork:

Install the Axcient Skill and MCP server from Servosity/msp-skills in this agent workspace. If this workspace uses a POSIX shell (macOS, Linux, WSL, or Bash), run bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/axcient/install.sh). If it uses Windows PowerShell, run iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/axcient/install.ps1 | iex. Then authenticate per the README and run axcient-cli --help to explore.

The same prompt works in any agent that can run shell.

Path B - run the installer yourself

Windows (PowerShell):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/axcient/install.ps1 | iex

macOS / Linux:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/axcient/install.sh)

The installer drops both axcient-cli (the CLI) and axcient-mcp (the MCP server) into your user bin path. Claude Code, Codex, and Cowork discover the Skill via SKILL.md in this directory.

Verify:

axcient-cli --version

Upgrade to the latest version

The installer always fetches the current release - re-run it to upgrade:

macOS / Linux:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/axcient/install.sh)

Windows (PowerShell):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/axcient/install.ps1 | iex

Claude Desktop .mcpb users: download the latest .mcpb (top of this section) and re-select it in Settings > Extensions. Claude Code plugin users: /plugin update axcient@msp-skills.

Add to Claude Desktop, the ChatGPT desktop app, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, or another MCP client

After the installer runs, see mcp-install.md and docs/which-agent.md for the per-agent wire-up - one section per agent, including the GitHub Copilot servers key and the ChatGPT desktop app. Claude Desktop's Settings > Extensions panel is the simplest path; the MCP config block (for users who prefer editing JSON) is documented in mcp-install.md.

Install for Hermes

From the Hermes CLI:

hermes skills install servosity/msp-skills/skills/axcient --force

Inside a Hermes chat session:

/skills install servosity/msp-skills/skills/axcient --force

Hermes speaks MCP natively, so it can also use the axcient-mcp server directly - same install path, same env vars.

Install for OpenClaw

Tell your OpenClaw agent (copy this):

Install the axcient skill from https://github.com/servosity/msp-skills/tree/main/skills/axcient. The skill defines how its required CLI (axcient-cli) can be installed via the openclaw: frontmatter block.

OpenClaw isn't generally available yet; the frontmatter wiring is pre-shipped and will activate the moment OpenClaw launches.

Authenticate

Set the credentials the CLI needs (from your Axcient portal):

AXCIENT_API_KEY=<value> axcient-cli doctor

doctor confirms the credentials work before you run anything that touches data. It exits 0 even when the credential is rejected, so scripts should add --fail-on error.

What this skill does

Full command reference: guide.md. For the AI-agent operating contract (--agent, --dry-run, when to confirm before mutating), see AGENTS.md.

What makes this different

Most Axcient integrations and MCP servers proxy each question into a live API call. That's fine for one device. It dies at scale, when you're asking "which of my 200 protected devices across 40 clients breached RPO last night" - because the x360Recover API has no rollup endpoint and won't even join a device back to its client for you, so the wrapper loops per appliance, then per device, then per job.

This skill syncs Axcient into a local SQLite mirror with full-text search. Aggregate questions become one local SQL join: instant, offline, and the AI sees the answer, not the raw data. Compound commands like health, client-rollup, and compliance join across appliances, devices, backup jobs, restore points, and AutoVerify results - the client-to-device correlation the raw API omits - work a stateless API wrapper can't do.

The pain this closes

The x360Recover Public API is built around per-entity endpoints - one call for appliances, another for a device, another for that device's jobs - and it does not hand you the client-to-device mapping directly. So "whose backups failed last night," the question every MSP asks each morning, has no single fleet-wide endpoint: you walk each device by hand or click through the portal one client at a time. And a job that "succeeded" can still be out of compliance - the newest restore point is hours stale, or AutoVerify never booted the image - a trap MSPs on r/msp keep describing, where a recovery point turns out not to be there only when a restore is actually needed.

This skill turns those into one command each:

• health - every device fleet-wide whose latest job failed or went stale, grouped by client.
• rpo - devices whose newest restore point is older than your recovery-point objective.
• compliance - exportable per-device evidence pairing restore-point age with AutoVerify boot-proof and an RPO verdict.
• client-rollup - one row per client: devices total, failing, stale, RPO-breach, AutoVerify-fail.
• billing - protected-system counts and storage per client for month-end reconciliation.

See pain-point.md for the longer narrative.

Frequently asked questions

Does this work with ChatGPT?

Yes, in the ChatGPT desktop app. It runs MCP servers locally (STDIO), the way axcient-mcp runs, and shares MCP configuration with Codex (OpenAI): add axcient-mcp under Settings > MCP servers as a STDIO server, or add it once to Codex's ~/.codex/config.toml. ChatGPT on the web is not supported by msp-skills yet: it needs a remote (HTTP) server, and this connector's HTTP mode is paused until it is reprinted; the security note in mcp-install.md explains why. If your team works there, a hosted gateway is the better pick; check that your AI app is on the gateway's setup list.

Does this work with Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, or Gemini?

Yes - all of them speak MCP. Cross-tool install commands are in the matrix above and the deep-dive in docs/which-agent.md.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. The recommended install is to paste one sentence into Claude Code or Codex - your agent reads SKILL.md and does the install. The fallback is a one-line installer per OS (bash or PowerShell). Neither path requires writing code. You'll enter your Axcient credentials once.

Is my Axcient data safe?

Your data stays on your machine. The CLI and MCP server are local binaries. The SQLite mirror sits in a directory under your user account. The AI agent only sees what the CLI returns - typically a query result, not raw bulk data. Credentials are read from your environment or your agent's config; never bundled into this repo or transmitted anywhere by MSP Skills.

Will this hit my Axcient API rate limits?

The local mirror exists so reads stop hitting the API. After the first sync, the fleet views (health, client-rollup, rpo, compliance, billing, appliance-map) run against local SQLite with zero API calls. Live calls respect a --rate-limit throttle, and sync is incremental - it only fetches what changed since the last checkpoint.

What kind of Axcient credential do I need?

An organization-scoped API key created in the x360Portal (Settings > API Keys, admin role required). The CLI sends it as the X-Api-Key header and can only see what that key is scoped to. Set it as AXCIENT_API_KEY; nothing is written to disk.

Can I try it without a real tenant?

Yes. Axcient hosts a public mock server - set AXCIENT_BASE_URL=https://ax-pub-recover.wiremockapi.cloud/x360recover with any non-empty AXCIENT_API_KEY and the whole CLI runs against fixtures, no real credentials needed.

Does this cover x360Sync or x360Cloud?

No. This skill is the x360Recover (BCDR) public API only - vaults, appliances, devices, jobs, restore points, AutoVerify, and usage. x360Sync and x360Cloud are separate products with separate APIs.

What does it cost?

Free. Apache-2.0 licensed. You pay only for whichever AI agent you use (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, etc.), and that's billed by your AI provider, not by us.

Safety model

The strongest control is the scope you grant the Axcient credentials - the CLI can only do what the credentials are permitted to do. Full details, including how to lock it down, are in governance.md.

Status

Live-verified. Confirmed by @Xenith-B (MSP) against their own production tenant (receipt). More MSPs run it live in our weekly Build Sessions. RSVP at compoundingteams.com/build-sessions.

Standards. Conforms to the open Agent Skills spec (Anthropic, Dec 2025; 40+ agents). MCP-compatible - works with any MCP-capable agent including Hermes. OpenClaw-ready (frontmatter pre-wired, awaiting OpenClaw launch).

Maintained by Servosity. Apache-2.0 licensed. Built with CLI Printing Press. Last updated: 2026-06-07.