Claude + xCloud

Manage SSL and domains with Claude on xCloud

Managing SSL and domains with Claude means opening a chat on the web or in Claude Desktop, asking about a site's certificate and DNS in plain sentences, and approving an install or renewal that xCloud carries out.

Skill: xcloud:ssl
Toolsets: ssl-certificates, sites, integrations
Free with every xCloud account

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YouVisitors get a Cloudflare 526 error on shop.example.com. What is wrong?

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AgentA 526 is an SSL problem, and the certificate on shop.example.com expired yesterday. I can renew it with a forced renewal because it is past the seven day window. Shall I go ahead?

YouYes, renew it.

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AgentRenewal accepted and the certificate is now issued, with a new expiry in 90 days. The site loads over HTTPS again.

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 Manage SSL and domains 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
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https://app.xcloud.host/mcp
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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
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Who am I on xCloud?
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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

Which of my sites have an SSL certificate that expires in the next 30 days? Put the answer in a table with the provider and the expiry date.

In practice

How Does SSL and domains Work from Claude?

In Claude chat you have no project folder and no terminal, so everything starts from the sentence you type. Name the site or the domain, and Claude resolves it against your xCloud account, then reads the certificate before it says anything. The reply is written for a person: which provider issued the certificate, whether it is active, when it expires and how many days that leaves. If you ask about several sites in one message, Claude reads each one and can lay the results out as a short table, which is the natural way to read an expiry list in a chat window.

The same chat covers the DNS side. Ask whether a domain points at your server and Claude calls xCloud's DNS check, then explains the answer in words: the record is not there yet, it points somewhere else, or it sits behind Cloudflare's proxy, which on a site xCloud manages through Cloudflare is the finished state and not a fault. Because each lookup is a single answer, Claude can come back to it later in the same conversation once you have changed a record at your registrar. When a certificate needs installing, Claude states the site and the provider and waits for your explicit yes, then polls the status and tells you when it has really been issued.

Domain changes are the place where a chat assistant has to be honest about its limits. Claude can read the primary and additional domains on a site, but it cannot add or change one. Ask for it and you get the dashboard path, Site, then Domain, and the dashboard link xCloud returned, which you can open from the same window. Claude is also a good place to ask why something broke. Describe a 526 error from Cloudflare and it reads the certificate first, because that error is an SSL problem, and keeps the 522 case separate because that one points at closed ports 80 and 443 on the origin.

Claude specific: A custom certificate needs the PEM private key inside the request, and in a chat that means pasting the key into the conversation, where it stays in your Claude history. Prefer xCloud's free certificate or your Cloudflare account from chat, and install a custom certificate from the dashboard instead. The same care applies to a shared Team workspace, where other people can see the chat.

What xCloud does for ssl and domains

xCloud lets the agent read a site's certificate status, domains and DNS, then install or renew a certificate from xCloud (Let's Encrypt), your own files or a connected Cloudflare account. Adding or changing a domain on an existing site stays in the dashboard, and the agent gives you the path.

Find the site and read its SSL. The agent resolves the site by name or domain, then reads its current SSL state and the list of certificates before it changes anything. That shows the provider, the status and the expiry date.
Check the domain and DNS. It reads the site's primary and additional domains and asks xCloud whether the domain's DNS record points at the server. Each check is one lookup, so the agent repeats it while a record propagates. A record behind Cloudflare's proxy is reported separately.
Choose the certificate source. You pick xCloud's free Let's Encrypt certificate, your own certificate, or the team's Cloudflare integration. If the site already uses a different provider, the agent tells you that switching needs an explicit override and asks first.
Install or renew, once you approve. The agent restates the site and the provider, then installs or renews the certificate. A renewal only runs when the certificate is within seven days of expiry unless you ask for a forced renewal. For a WordPress site turning on HTTPS for the first time, it asks whether to run the database search-and-replace.
Poll to issuance and verify. Install and renew report success before issuance completes. The agent polls the certificate status until it settles, then checks the site over HTTPS before it calls the job done.
Hand off domain changes. If you want to add, change or remove a domain on an existing site, the agent gives you the dashboard path (Site > Domain) and the site's dashboard link, because the API only reads domains after creation.

Reference

SSL and domains Settings and Limits on xCloud

The facts Claude works within when it manages SSL and domains. Where a row names the dashboard, that step stays yours to take there.

Setting or limit	What applies
Certificate status	A site's SSL state, its certificate list and one certificate's detail and status are all readable
xCloud certificate	Free Let's Encrypt certificate issued and renewed by xCloud. The domain's DNS should already point at the server before you ask
Custom certificate	You supply the PEM certificate and its private key. The key is a secret and is never returned by a read
Cloudflare certificate	Uses the team's connected Cloudflare account. When the zone is connected, xCloud writes the DNS record and the certificate itself at site creation
Switching provider	Needs an explicit force when another provider is already configured, so the agent asks before it replaces a working certificate
Renewal rule	A renewal does nothing unless the certificate is within seven days of expiry; a forced renewal skips that guard. Renewing needs the site SSL permission on your team role
WordPress first HTTPS	An optional database search-and-replace moves existing http:// URLs to https:// when a WordPress site adopts HTTPS for the first time
DNS check	One lookup per call. A proxied Cloudflare record is flagged, and on a Cloudflare-managed site the proxied record is the finished state, not a fault
Domains (read)	The primary domain, additional domains and the domain update status are readable through the API
Domains (write)	Adding, changing or removing a domain on an existing site is dashboard-only: Site > Domain. A staging site goes live under Site > Domain > Go Live
Deleting a certificate	Available through the API, but it can take a site off HTTPS, so the agent restates the target and waits for your approval
Cloudflare 526 errors	A 526 or a certificate warning is an SSL problem, so the agent reads the certificate first. A 522 is different: it usually means ports 80 and 443 are blocked at the origin

Rules Claude has to follow

Installing, renewing, switching or deleting a certificate stops for your approval, and the agent names the site and the provider before it asks.
A success response means xCloud accepted the work, not that the certificate was issued: the agent polls the status and checks the live HTTPS URL.
The agent never replaces a working certificate with a different provider without telling you, and it never turns off the Cloudflare proxy on a site xCloud manages through Cloudflare.
Changing a domain on an existing site is a dashboard step; the agent gives you the path and the dashboard link xCloud returned, not a made-up workaround.
A custom certificate's private key is a secret: it is never returned by a read and should not be pasted into a shared channel.

Example prompts

What Can You Ask Claude to Do for SSL and domains?

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

Which of my sites have an SSL certificate that expires in the next 30 days? Put the answer in a table with the provider and the expiry date.

Prompt

Is the DNS record for example.com pointing at my xCloud server yet, and is the Cloudflare proxy turned on for it?

Prompt

Visitors see a Cloudflare 526 error on shop.example.com. Check the certificate and tell me what is wrong before you change anything.

Prompt

Check the SSL certificate on shop.example.com and tell me when it expires.

Prompt

Is the DNS A record for example.com pointing at my Frankfurt server yet? Tell me if the Cloudflare proxy is on.

Prompt

Issue a free SSL certificate for example.com once DNS resolves, then confirm the site loads over HTTPS.

Prompt

Renew the certificate on the shop site and tell me the new expiry date.

Prompt

List every domain and additional domain on the shop site and say which is primary.

Prompt

Which of my sites have a certificate that expires in the next 30 days?

Prompt

Use my connected Cloudflare account for the certificate on shop.example.com, and show me what will change first.

Prompt

Visitors get a Cloudflare 526 error on shop.example.com. Check the certificate and tell me what is wrong.

Claude and SSL and domains: Frequently Asked Questions

What people ask before they let Claude manage SSL and domains through xCloud.

Can I fix an expired certificate from a Claude chat?

Yes. Ask Claude to check the site and it reads the certificate and its expiry first. If it has lapsed, Claude proposes a renewal, or a forced renewal when the certificate is outside the seven day window, and runs it only after you say yes. It then checks that the site answers over HTTPS.

Does Claude set up my DNS records for a domain?

No. Claude reads and checks DNS, so it can tell you whether a record points at your server and whether the Cloudflare proxy is on, but it does not write records at your registrar. Only at site creation, with your Cloudflare zone connected to xCloud, does xCloud write the record for you.

Can an AI agent add a domain to an existing site?

No. The API reads a site's domains, additional domains and domain update status, but adding, changing or removing a domain on an existing site is a dashboard step under Site > Domain. A domain is chosen when the site is created. The agent can tell you what is currently set and give you the path.

Which certificate options can the agent install?

Three: xCloud's free Let's Encrypt certificate, a custom certificate you supply, and a certificate through your connected Cloudflare account. The agent checks the current state first and asks before it changes anything. Switching a site from one provider to another needs an explicit override.

Why did the agent say a renewal did nothing?

A normal renewal only fires when the certificate is within seven days of expiry. If you need it earlier, ask for a forced renewal and the agent will confirm before it runs. Renewing also needs the site SSL permission on your team role.

Does the agent set up my DNS records?

It reads and checks them rather than writing them. It can tell you whether a domain's record points at your server and whether the Cloudflare proxy is on. DNS and the certificate are written for you only at site creation, when the domain's zone is on a Cloudflare account you connected to xCloud.

What does the agent do about a Cloudflare 526 error?

It treats it as an SSL problem. It reads the site's certificate status and expiry, and fixes it with an installation or renewal after your approval. A 522 is a different fault, usually closed ports 80 and 443 on the origin, so it is checked against the firewall instead.

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