The week before a sale, you open 5 tabs: cache settings, PHP version, backup history, the activity log, and your plugin scanner. You click through each tab and check for anything that needs attention.
Now on Pressable, you can skip these steps and paste this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor:
Run a pre-launch readiness check on [your store]. Confirm that the edge cache is enabled, the PHP version is 8.2 or higher, a backup was completed in the last 24 hours, and there have been no plugin or theme changes in the last 7 days. Also flag any extensions with known security vulnerabilities. Give me a prioritized list of anything to fix before go-live.You then get a ranked list of what’s fine, what isn’t, and what to fix first.
Your AI tool can now look at your server
Pressable’s new Model Context Protocol (MCP) makes this work. Your chosen AI assistant connects to Pressable and can check your hosting details. It looks at your server and gives accurate answers about what’s happening on your site.
It can take action, too
This connection doesn’t only read your setup. It can create and restore backups, flush your cache, switch on defensive caching before a traffic spike, and push a staging site to live.
Ask for the check in the prompt. Pressable’s restore prompt does it like this:
Restore [store] from the most recent filesystem and database backups. Tell me which backup you're using before you start, and confirm when the restore is complete.This lets you catch errors before the backup starts. If you just want a read-only report, you can alter the prompt to ask for that.
Other prompts for ongoing hosting maintenance
This MCP isn’t only useful for sale-day prep. Here are some examples of other things you can do.
Say something broke, and nobody knows why.
Show me the site activity log for [store]. Summarize any plugin installs, updates, or deletions; theme changes; configuration changes; and any collaborator actions. I need to understand what changed before the incident started.Or, you’re trying to launch a banner on sale day:
Flush edge cache on [store] after I push my sale banner.For when you need to set up monthly audits on site collaborators:
Audit access to [store] for this month. List all collaborators and their assigned roles. List all SFTP accounts and when each was last accessed. Flag any accounts that look unfamiliar or haven't been used in 90 days, and recommend whether to remove them.Quickly connect to your chosen AI tool
In Claude on the web, you connect through OAuth; no token is needed. Go to Customize → Connectors, click +, choose Add custom connector, and enter https://mcp.pressable.com. Sign in with your Pressable account. (On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner has to switch on custom connectors first.)
ChatGPT connects through OAuth, though server MCPs don’t work for every account yet. Most can set it up by turning on Developer Mode and going to Settings → Apps → Advanced.
Prefer Claude Desktop, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, or VS Code? These connect through a bearer token instead. Generate an access token at my.pressable.com under Tools → Pressable MCP, then find the config file for your app and paste a short snippet with your token. Pressable’s guide has the exact steps for each tool.
Get a full walkthrough in Pressable’s guide
Want it to see orders too? Flip one more switch
Pressable MCP works at the hosting layer. Your products and orders live in WordPress and come through a second connection: the WordPress MCP plugin, which you enable per site under Site Configuration in MyPressable.
One nerdy catch: custom post types, like a look-book or a custom product format, only show up if they were registered with show_in_rest => true. If your assistant can’t see something you know is there, check that first.
How the Pressable MCP is helping merchants
OWUP runs more than 60 WooCommerce sites in Norway and Sweden. Many of their clients sell through point-of-sale systems that are 20 or 30 years old, and those systems don’t always agree with a modern store on what’s in stock.
For one watch retailer, inventory sync had been wonky for years. The team connected Claude to the store’s database through Pressable MCP and gave it POS data to compare against. Claude found the corrupted product metadata, which was the rows where the two systems disagreed, and patched it. Under an hour, start to finish.
«It’s night and day. With Pressable MCP, we can move so much faster with information.»
– Ole Straume Andersen, Managing Director, OWUP
Check out Pressable’s WooCommerce MCP guide, which has more than 30 prompts across 6 workflows, including staging and deployment.
This MCP is available now at no extra cost for all Pressable customers. Set it up today!
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