MSPbots + AI - for ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini, and any agent that speaks MCP
Unofficial. Community-built Claude Code Skill and MCP server for the MSPbots
API. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MSPbots, Inc.
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The first MSPbots tool we could find anywhere (June 2026) - readable filters, alias-named resources, full exports, and the KPI history MSPbots itself doesn't keep. Works with the AI you already use - ChatGPT (Plus/Pro+), Claude Desktop, Codex, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and GitHub Copilot - plus Microsoft 365 Copilot / Copilot Studio and Google Gemini via the remote path. Free, open source, runs on your laptop. Built for MSP owners. No code required.
Works with your agent
The six agents MSP owners actually use (self-serve, works today):
| Your AI agent | How to install the MSPbots skill |
|---|
| Claude Desktop | Run installer, then Settings > Extensions to register mspbots-mcp (no JSON editing). |
| ChatGPT (paid plans) | Run installer, expose mspbots-mcp over HTTPS, register as a Developer Mode connector. |
| Codex CLI | Paste the install prompt below. |
| Claude Code | Paste the install prompt below. |
| Claude Cowork | Paste the install prompt below. |
| GitHub Copilot (VS Code) | Run installer, add mspbots-mcp to mcp.json under the servers key, then pick Agent mode. |
For ChatGPT, run mspbots-mcp --transport http and expose that behind HTTPS - no bridge package is needed. See mcp-install.md.
Also for the Microsoft and Google stacks
Big install base, but an honest heads-up: these are the remote / enterprise path, not the local binary you just installed.
| Agent | What it takes |
|---|
| Microsoft 365 Copilot / Copilot Studio | Not self-serve. Host mspbots-mcp over HTTPS, then wire it into Copilot Studio (Tools > Add a tool > Model Context Protocol > Server URL) or a declarative agent. Needs a Copilot Studio license + tenant admin. See mcp-install.md. |
| Google Gemini | Gemini CLI is local - same as Claude Code. The Gemini app is remote - same HTTPS path as ChatGPT. See mcp-install.md. |
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
Interim note on .mcpb: check the bundle before you trust it (#287). Its manifest.json launches ${__dirname}/bin/mspbots-mcp, while the builder stores the release binaries in bin/ under their platform-suffixed names - mspbots-mcp-darwin-arm64, -darwin-amd64, -linux-arm64, -linux-amd64, -windows-amd64.exe. Run unzip -l <file>.mcpb | grep bin/: if the name the manifest launches is not among them, Claude Desktop has nothing to run - use Path A or Path B below and wire Claude Desktop up through mcp-install.md.
Download MSPbots MCP (.mcpb) - then open Claude Desktop > Settings > Extensions and select the file. One click, no JSON, no shell. (Browse every MSPbots 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 mspbots@msp-skills
Path A - paste one prompt into your AI agent (recommended)
Copy this into Claude Code, Codex CLI, or Claude Cowork:
Install the MSPbots 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/mspbots/install.sh). If it uses Windows PowerShell, run iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/mspbots/install.ps1 | iex. Then authenticate per the README and run mspbots-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/mspbots/install.ps1 | iex
macOS / Linux:
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/mspbots/install.sh)
The installer drops both mspbots-cli (the CLI) and mspbots-mcp (the MCP server) into your user bin path. Claude Code, Codex, and Cowork discover the Skill via SKILL.md in this directory.
Verify:
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/mspbots/install.sh)
Windows (PowerShell):
iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/mspbots/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 mspbots@msp-skills.
Add to Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Microsoft 365 Copilot, 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 remote Microsoft 365 Copilot / Copilot Studio path. 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/mspbots --force
Inside a Hermes chat session:
/skills install servosity/msp-skills/skills/mspbots --force
Hermes speaks MCP natively, so it can also use the mspbots-mcp server directly - same install path, same env vars.
Install for OpenClaw
Tell your OpenClaw agent (copy this):
Install the mspbots skill from https://github.com/servosity/msp-skills/tree/main/skills/mspbots. The skill defines how its required CLI (mspbots-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 MSPbots portal):
MSPBOTS_API_KEY=<value> mspbots-cli doctor
doctor checks config, paths, and API reachability and reports whether a credential is loaded. The MSPBots API exposes no argument-free GET endpoint, so doctor cannot verify the key itself - it says not verified rather than claiming health. Run any read command to confirm the key works end-to-end.
What this skill does
| Question your MSP keeps asking | Command |
|---|
| Is our open-ticket backlog up or down versus last week? | mspbots-cli trend open_tickets --agg count |
| What changed in open tickets since the last snapshot? | mspbots-cli diff open_tickets |
| Pull the open tickets updated since June 1 | mspbots-cli pull open_tickets --where "Update Date >= 2026-06-01" |
| What columns does this dataset have, and what types? | mspbots-cli describe open_tickets |
| Export the entire dataset to CSV for the QBR deck | mspbots-cli export open_tickets --format csv |
| Capture today's KPI snapshot (schedule it - history accrues) | mspbots-cli snapshot open_tickets |
| Stop pasting 19-digit IDs - name the dataset once | mspbots-cli registry add open_tickets 1534956341424005122 |
| Are my API key and resource bindings working? | mspbots-cli doctor |
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
There was no MSPbots tool to be different from - as of June 2026 we could find no published CLI, SDK, or MCP server for the MSPbots Public API. And a thin wrapper would inherit everything painful about that API: two endpoints, 19-digit resource IDs, comma-encoded filters, no list endpoint, no metadata, no history. It dies the moment you ask "is our backlog up or down versus last week" - the API only knows now.
This skill adds the missing layers locally. registry add gives resources names instead of snowflake IDs. pull --where "Update Date >= 2026-06-01" compiles readable predicates into the wire DSL. export walks every page automatically. And snapshot + diff + trend keep timestamped copies in a local SQLite store - the KPI history MSPbots itself doesn't keep, computed offline with zero API calls.
The pain this closes
MSPbots' own Public API documentation (the wiki.mspbots.ai Public API article, archived April 2024) describes the entire programmatic surface: two GET endpoints, resource IDs copied one at a time out of Settings > Public API, filters encoded as comma-rules in query params, rate limits with unspecified numbers, and intermittent HTTP 502s on heavy widget fetches. No history, no enumeration, no tooling - not even a curl gist.
So the ops manager who lives in MSPbots dashboards keeps the week-over-week column by hand: screenshot the widget on Monday, paste the count into a spreadsheet, repeat. The trend dies the week someone forgets.
mspbots-cli snapshot open_tickets - capture a timestamped copy of any dataset or widget into local SQLite. Schedule it and history accrues.mspbots-cli trend open_tickets --agg count - the week-over-week answer, computed from your snapshots, offline.mspbots-cli diff open_tickets - row-level added/removed/changed between any two snapshots.mspbots-cli pull open_tickets --where "Update Date >= 2026-06-01" - readable filters compiled into the comma-encoded DSL, correct the first time.mspbots-cli export open_tickets --format csv - the full table, auto-paginated, with an honest partial-dump flag when a page cap is hit.
See pain-point.md for the longer narrative.
Frequently asked questions
Does this work with ChatGPT?
Yes, on Plus, Pro, Team, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans (Free tier does not yet expose Developer Mode). ChatGPT connects to remote MCP servers over HTTPS, not local stdio binaries. The MSPbots MCP server runs locally, but it speaks HTTP natively: start it with mspbots-mcp --transport http --addr :7777 and put it behind an HTTPS tunnel or your own reverse proxy. No bridge package is involved. Step-by-step in mcp-install.md.
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 MSPbots credentials once.
Is my MSPbots 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.
Can this write to MSPbots?
No. The MSPbots Public API is read-only - datasets and widgets out, nothing in. The only things this skill writes are local: alias registrations, snapshots, and the sync cache in your own SQLite store. No command can change anything in your MSPbots tenant.
What credentials do I need?
An MSPbots API key: an admin creates it at Settings > Public API in the MSPbots app and binds each dataset or widget to it. Set MSPBOTS_API_KEY in your environment or run mspbots-cli auth set-token. The binding is the permission boundary - the key can only read resources explicitly bound to it, and the global Enable Public API toggle gates everything.
Why do I register datasets before pulling them?
The Public API has no list endpoint - it cannot tell you what is bound to your key. You copy each resource ID from Settings > Public API once, register it with mspbots-cli registry add open_tickets <resourceId>, and every other command accepts the alias from then on.
Will this hit MSPbots rate limits?
The API documents rate limits without publishing numbers. The CLI ships a --rate-limit throttle, export bounds its page-walking with --max-pages and reports when the cap was hit, and the history questions (trend, diff) run entirely against local snapshots - zero API calls after capture.
Yes - pull, export, snapshot, describe, and registry add all accept --type widget. One documented exception inherited from the API: widgets with measure or calculate layers are not supported by the Public API itself.
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
| Tier | Examples | Recommended agent policy |
|---|
| Read (live API) | mspbots-cli pull, export, describe, dataset, widget, doctor | Allow |
| Local-only writes (never touch the tenant) | mspbots-cli registry add, snapshot, sync - all writes land in your local SQLite store; the API has no write endpoint | Allow - safe to schedule |
| Credentials / local config | mspbots-cli auth set-token, auth logout, registry rm | Human-in-the-loop only |
The strongest control is the scope you grant the MSPbots 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
Beta. Validated against the MSPbots API surface and being validated with MSPs running it live against their own production tenant 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: 2026-06-05.