Claude + xCloud

Install one-click apps with Claude on xCloud

Finding and installing one-click apps with Claude means describing what you want in a chat, letting Claude search the xCloud catalogue and test the candidates against your servers, and approving one install in the conversation.

Skill: xcloud:deploy
Toolsets: oneclick-apps, catalog, servers
Free with every xCloud account

Set up Claude All Claude guides

YouI want a self-hosted blog. What does the catalogue have, and what does each one need?

oneclickApps_indexread-only

AgentGhost is the closest match. It runs on a Docker server and has a stated minimum size. Which of your servers should I check it against?

YouFrankfurt.

oneclickApps_compatibilityread-only

AgentFrankfurt fits. I can install it on a free staging hostname. Shall I go ahead?

Last updated: October 2026. Keep a human in the loop: xCloud stops and asks before anything that creates, deploys, updates, reboots, deletes or buys.

Setup

How Do You Set Up Claude to Install one-click apps on xCloud?

Connect Claude once; every job on this account uses the same connection. Then ask in plain words.

1
Add xCloud as a custom connector
In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector. Name it xcloud, paste this URL as the remote MCP server URL and finish the setup. Claude shows the xCloud sign-in page; choose the teams and Read-only or Full access.
URL
```
https://app.xcloud.host/mcp
```
2
Check the connection
Start a new chat, check that the xcloud connector is enabled for it, and ask this. Claude calls xCloud and names your account and the teams you approved.
Prompt
```
Who am I on xCloud?
```
3
On Team or Enterprise, add it as an owner
Members cannot add custom connectors on a Team plan. An Owner or Primary Owner adds it under Organization settings, then Connectors, with the same URL. On Enterprise, a custom role with Manage access to Libraries can add it too.
URL
```
https://app.xcloud.host/mcp
```

Check it worked

Then ask Claude for the job itself, for example:

Prompt

I want a self-hosted blog for my agency. Search the xCloud one-click catalogue and tell me what each option needs from a server.

In practice

How Does One-click apps Work from Claude?

A chat is a good place to start when you do not yet know which app you want. You might write that you need something self-hosted for a small company blog and that you would like to know what each option demands from a server. Claude calls oneclickApps_index with a search term and catalogue facts from catalog_apps_index, then answers in ordinary sentences or a small table: the app name, the stack it needs and the minimum size. You never see the request bodies. If the catalogue comes back empty, Claude says the list has not synced rather than telling you the app does not exist.

The next step is to bring in your own servers. Claude lists them through servers_index, asks which one you mean, and runs oneclickApps_compatibility for each candidate you care about. This is where a chat reads better than a dashboard: you can ask why one app fits Frankfurt and another does not, and Claude explains the stack mismatch or the missing RAM in the same thread. When you choose, it restates the app, the server and the address, and asks for your confirmation before oneclickApps_install runs.

Claude connects to xCloud from Anthropic's cloud through the custom connector you added, so the same install works from claude.ai and from Claude Desktop without a terminal, a config file or a token on your machine. Afterwards the conversation is the record. Ask for the URL and Claude gives it; ask for the login details and it shows them once, then reminds you to store them. You can come back to the same chat days later and ask it to stop or restart the app, and it asks again before it does.

Claude specific: Whatever Claude shows in the chat stays in that conversation, including login details once you ask for them. Store them in a password manager straight away and consider deleting the chat afterwards. Also check the connector's access level: if you approved Read-only on the xCloud screen, Claude can search and run the compatibility check but cannot install, and you need to reconnect with Full access before an install will go through.

What xCloud does for one-click apps

xCloud lists the one-click catalogue, checks whether an app fits a given server, installs it once you approve and reports each install phase until it finishes. Afterwards the agent can fetch the login details and stop, start or redeploy the app. A few apps install only from the dashboard, and the agent tells you where to click.

Find the app. The agent searches the catalogue by name or purpose and shows what it found. An empty catalogue means the list has not synced on that environment, so the agent never answers that an app does not exist from an empty list.
Read the install form. The agent reads the app's fields. Fields xCloud generates for you can be left out. For the address you choose a free xCloud staging hostname or your own domain, and a live domain needs the full site name.
Check the server fits. You name the server, or the agent lists yours and asks. The compatibility check covers the server stack, runtime, state, billing and RAM, CPU and disk against the latest monitoring snapshot. If monitoring data is missing the resource check was skipped, and the agent says the result is inconclusive.
Approve and install. The agent restates the app, the server and the address, and asks once. On your yes it sends the install with an explicit confirmation and an idempotency key, so a retried request cannot create a second copy.
Poll the install. The agent polls the install status every five to ten seconds until it is terminal. A failure names its phase: pre_install, install, post_install or provisioning, so you know where it stopped.
Hand over and manage. The agent gives you the URL. It fetches the login details only when you ask, shows them once in the reply and tells you to store them in a password manager. Later it can stop, start, restart or redeploy the app after your approval.

Reference

One-click apps Settings and Limits on xCloud

The facts Claude works within when it installs one-click apps. Where a row names the dashboard, that step stays yours to take there.

Setting or limit	What applies
Catalogue	Searchable by name. It holds hundreds of apps, and most run on a Docker server. Public facts such as supported stacks and minimum size come from the catalogue listing
Compatibility check	Per server: stack, runtime, server state, billing and RAM, CPU and disk. monitor_available set to false means the resource check was skipped, not passed
Too-small servers	A server that is too small stays too small. The agent suggests a larger server instead of retrying the install
Stack requirements	An app that needs another stack is refused with a 422 that reads "This app requires a ... server. This server is on the ... stack."
Dashboard-only installs	n8n, Supabase, Nextcloud, Mautic, LibreChat, Open WebUI, Ollama, Umami, WireGuard, phpMyAdmin and Site.pro. The API answers 404 for these eleven; install them from Add site, One-Click Apps in the dashboard
Address	Staging hostname for a free xCloud address, or go live with your own domain. A demo site promoted to a live domain cannot return to the demo address
Idempotency	The install carries an Idempotency-Key, so a retried request cannot create a duplicate site
Install phases	pre_install, install, post_install and provisioning. is_terminal marks the end, and failed_phase says where a failure happened
Credentials	Read on request and shown once in the reply. Some apps have none to read because you create the first admin inside the app
Lifecycle	Stop, start, restart and redeploy run synchronously. Stop takes the app offline and redeploy recreates its containers. Both answer 422 while an install is running or after a failed install
Agentic servers	An OpenClaw, Hermes, Paperclip or DeepSeek Harness server never takes a one-click app

Rules Claude has to follow

Installing, stopping and redeploying an app stop for your approval; browsing the catalogue and the compatibility check never change anything.
A missing resource reading is reported as inconclusive, never as a pass.
Login details are shown once, only when you ask, and never repeated in a summary or a later message.
For the eleven dashboard-only apps the agent checks that the server fits, then gives you the dashboard path instead of trying the install.
A failed install is not retried blindly: the agent names the failed phase and reads the site's recent events first.

Example prompts

What Can You Ask Claude to Do for One-click apps?

Type these as written and swap in your own repository, site and server names. Reads and routine actions such as backups, cache purges, PageSpeed scans and vulnerability scans run straight away; creating, deploying, updating, rebooting, deleting, buying or starting a broken-link scan stops and asks first.

Prompt

I want a self-hosted blog for my agency. Search the xCloud one-click catalogue and tell me what each option needs from a server.

Prompt

Which of my servers can run Ghost right now? Check each one and explain the ones that cannot.

Prompt

Install Ghost on the Frankfurt server on a free staging hostname. Tell me the app, the server and the address before you start.

Prompt

Which one-click apps are compatible with my Frankfurt server?

Prompt

Search the one-click catalogue for a self-hosted blog and tell me what each result needs from a server.

Prompt

Install Uptime Kuma on the Frankfurt server on a staging hostname, wait until it is ready, then give me the login details.

Prompt

Check whether Immich fits my Amsterdam server before I install it, and tell me if the resource check was inconclusive.

Prompt

I want n8n on my Frankfurt server. Check that the server fits, then tell me where to click to install it.

Prompt

The Uptime Kuma install on the Frankfurt server failed. Which phase failed, and what do the recent events say?

Prompt

Redeploy the Ghost app on blog.example.com, but tell me what a redeploy does before you run it.

Claude and One-click apps: Frequently Asked Questions

What people ask before they let Claude install one-click apps through xCloud.

Do I need a terminal to install a one-click app through Claude?

No. Once the xCloud custom connector is added in Claude, the whole job happens in the chat: search, compatibility check, approval and the login details. Claude connects from Anthropic's cloud, so nothing runs on your computer.

Why does Claude refuse to install after it checked my server?

Most often the connector was approved as Read-only, which allows browsing and the compatibility check but not the install. Reconnect xCloud and choose Full access. The other common reason is an app that installs only from the dashboard, and Claude then tells you where to click.

Can an agent install any app in the one-click catalogue?

Most of them. Eleven apps install only from the dashboard: n8n, Supabase, Nextcloud, Mautic, LibreChat, Open WebUI, Ollama, Umami, WireGuard, phpMyAdmin and Site.pro. For those the agent checks that your server fits and points you to Add site, One-Click Apps.

How does the agent know an app will fit my server?

It runs the compatibility check for that server, which covers the stack, runtime, server state, billing and the RAM, CPU and disk readings from the latest monitoring snapshot. If monitoring data is missing, the agent tells you the resource check was inconclusive.

What does a 422 during an app install mean?

Usually that the app needs a different server stack than the one you picked, and the message names both. Pick a server on the required stack. A 422 on stop, start or redeploy means an install is still running or the last install failed.

Where do the login details for a one-click app come from?

The agent can read them from xCloud when you ask and shows them once in the reply. Store them in a password manager. Some apps have no generated login because you create the first administrator inside the app.

Can an agent stop or restart a one-click app?

Yes. Stop, start, restart and redeploy are available, and they run straight away once you approve. Stop takes the app offline and redeploy recreates its containers, so the agent asks before either.

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