📄️ Overview
The Massed Compute MCP server lets AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT interact with your Massed Compute account on your behalf — listing GPU inventory, launching and managing instances, auditing billing — all using the same API key you'd use from a script.
📄️ Set up your client
Pick your AI client below, paste the config, and you're connected. Every snippet uses MC_TOKEN as a placeholder — substitute the API token you copied from vm.massedcompute.com/settings/api.
📄️ Tools reference
The MCP server exposes 14 tools. The columns below show which API key tier sees each tool in the assistant's tool list. Use a read-only key when the assistant only needs to read your account state; use a full-access key when it needs to launch, restart, terminate, or manage SSH keys. Tools that a read-only key cannot see are hidden from the assistant entirely — they cannot be invoked accidentally or by prompt injection.
📄️ Agent Skills
Agent Skills are markdown files you can drop into your AI assistant. They turn the raw MCP tools into well-paved workflows — picking the right GPU for a workload, launching VMs safely with the right pre-flight checks, auditing spend, and cleaning up.
📄️ Troubleshooting
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