MCP server

launch from Claude Code or Cursor.

connect your AI assistant to ShipDesk.dev once. then, inside your project, ask it to launch: it reads your README and website, writes the launch and makes the draft. you pick the day and send it in.

connect your assistant

put your own key where it says sd_your_key.

claude mcp add --transport http shipdesk https://shipdesk.dev/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sd_your_key"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shipdesk": {
      "url": "https://shipdesk.dev/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sd_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "shipdesk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shipdesk.dev/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer sd_your_key" }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shipdesk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://shipdesk.dev/mcp",
               "--header", "Authorization: Bearer sd_your_key"]
    }
  }
}

what your assistant can do

• create_launch_draft

  Start a new launch on ShipDesk.dev as a private draft. Give at least one link: website, app_store or google_play. Name, one line, description and tags are read from the website when left out. Returns the draft with an edit_link where the maker picks a launch day and sends it in.

• update_launch_draft

  Change a draft's links, name, one line, description or tags. Only the fields you give change. A launch already in review or live can only change its one line, description and tags.

• add_screenshot

  Add a screenshot to a launch: a png, jpg or webp up to 2 MB, either as a public https image_url or as image_base64. The first screenshot is the cover. Use real screenshots of the product, never made-up ones.

• my_launches

  List the maker's launches with their status (draft, pending, scheduled, approved, denied), links and what each draft still needs.

• search_launches

  Search the products live on ShipDesk.dev by name, line or category.

• list_tags

  The categories a launch can be filed under.

or use the CLI

no AI assistant needed: the same tools, from any terminal, with the same key. it needs Node 18 or newer.

npx shipdesk login                         # paste your key once
npx shipdesk launch yourproduct.com        # a draft, filled in from your site
npx shipdesk screenshot <id> ./cover.png   # the first one is the cover
npx shipdesk list                          # what each draft still needs

launch and update also take --name, --line, --description and --tags. run npx shipdesk --help for everything.

questions