Connect AI agents with MCP

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets AI apps use tools in other systems. Cliezoo includes an MCP server, so the AI agent you already use can read and act on your clients, projects, tasks and invoices.

Before you start

Install and activate the official WordPress MCP Adapter plugin from WordPress.org. Cliezoo registers its tools when the adapter is present and does nothing when it is not.

Step 1: Open the agents page

Go to Settings → External AI agents and switch on Let agents connect to this site.

Step 2: Give the agent its own user

Under Who the agent is, click Make it its own user. Cliezoo creates a WordPress user, cliezoo-agent, with the AI agent role and an application password. The password is shown once: copy it before you close the dialog.

Step 3: Choose what it may do

Tools come in three groups:

Group	What it covers	Default
Looking at things	Reading records	On
Writing things you can put right	Safe changes such as drafts and tasks	On
Things that reach the outside world	Sending, payments and other sensitive actions	Off

You can also set safety limits: calls per minute and records changed in one call.

Step 4: Connect your AI app

The How to connect section gives you a ready-made configuration to copy. There are three kinds:

Local (the agent runs on the same server, through WP-CLI):

{ "mcpServers": { "cliezoo": { "command": "wp", "args": ["--path=/path/to/wordpress", "mcp-adapter", "serve", "--server=cliezoo", "--user=cliezoo-agent"] } } }

Remote (through the MCP WordPress proxy):

{ "mcpServers": { "cliezoo": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest"], "env": { "WP_API_URL": "https://your-site.com/", "WP_API_USERNAME": "cliezoo-agent", "WP_API_PASSWORD": "your-application-password" } } } }

Direct HTTP, for clients that support it, using your site’s REST address and the agent’s application password.

Paste the configuration into your AI app’s MCP settings (for example Claude Desktop’s configuration file), then restart the app.

Stay in control

• What it has done lists every change an agent made.
• Disconnect every agent turns the server off and revokes the agent’s passwords in one click.

Cliezoo Pro adds scoped API keys (Settings → Developers) and a per-role tool policy.