# Hatchbox

> Use this tool when you need to manage environment variables and control deployments for Rails applications across development, staging, and production environments. It solves problems related to hosting platform management, deployment automation, and access control, providing a secure interface for setting and deleting environment variables, triggering deployments, and reading production environment variables. With inputs via REST API and SSH access, and outputs including deployment status and environment variable values, Hatchbox is ideal for Rails developers seeking programmatic control over their hosting platform.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pulsemcp-hatchbox  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pulsemcp-hatchbox

## Description

This Hatchbox MCP server provides Rails developers with programmatic access to Hatchbox's hosting platform through environment variable management and deployment control tools. Built by PulseMCP with TypeScript, it integrates with Hatchbox's REST API for setting and deleting environment variables, webhook system for triggering deployments, and SSH access for securely reading production environment variables directly from running Rails processes. The implementation includes security features like read-only mode by default, configurable deployment permissions, and conditional tool surfacing based on configuration, making it suitable for managing Rails applications across development, staging, and production environments while maintaining appropriate access controls.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** devops-ci
- **Updated:** 2026-04-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/pulsemcp-hatchbox)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pulsemcp/mcp-servers/tree/HEAD/experimental/hatchbox>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "pulsemcp-hatchbox"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pulsemcp-hatchbox` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pulsemcp-hatchbox/pull`

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