ElfHosted MCP: pick hosted open-source apps from your AI app

Ask ElfHosted from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect ElfHosted free. There's no sign-in, so its tools are ready at once.
2. 2All ten tools answer questions about ElfHosted's apps, prices, docs and status. Keep them on, or switch off the shopping helpers such as `save_me_money` and `second_breakfast` if you only want docs and status.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app whether ElfHosted's services are up right now, then open Activity to see the `platform_status` call.

Questions ElfHosted can answer

• Search the catalog by what you want done, such as photos or a password manager, with `browse_apps`.
• Compare two to five apps side by side, with live prices and store links, using `compare_apps`.
• Find out how the $1, 7-day trial works with `how_the_trial_works`.
• Search and read ElfHosted's docs with `search_docs` and `get_doc`.

A public server, still on record

• Activity records every ElfHosted question your team's AI apps ask.
• Switch off the tools you don't want answering, such as `save_me_money`, and they leave your AI apps' tool lists.

What you get with ElfHosted and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use ElfHostedClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach ElfHosted through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any ElfHosted tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

ElfHosted tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in ElfHosted. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• how_the_trial_worksHow ElfHosted's $1, 7-day trial works: what you get, which products are not on trial, what happens on day 8, and how to cancel. Read from the trial page of the
• save_me_moneyWays to pay less for an ElfHosted app: prepaying 3, 6 or 12 months, and paying with ElfBuckz bought with Bitcoin, which stacks with prepaying. Give a product (a
• browse_appsSearch ElfHosted's catalogue of apps and bundles by name or by what you want done, such as "photos" or "password manager". Returns each match's name, a short de
• compare_appsCompare 2 to 5 ElfHosted apps or bundles side by side: name, description, live price and store link for each. Give store product ids or names.
• search_docsSearch ElfHosted's public documentation. Returns the best matching pages and sections, each with its title, link and a short snippet. get_doc reads a whole page
• get_docRead one page of the public ElfHosted docs as markdown. Give its path ("app/plex", "ai-agents") or its docs.elfhosted.com link, as search_docs returns. Long pag
• platform_statusWhether ElfHosted's public services are up right now, from the status page, naming any that are down.
• connect_my_accountHow an ElfHosted customer connects their agent to their own private MCP server, which sees their apps and can ask for changes, with the steps for claude.ai, Cha
• find_my_setupSuggests which ElfHosted path fits how someone watches and what they want: Stremio with their own private AIOStreams, a Plex, Emby or Jellyfin library, or Flex
• second_breakfastFor someone happy with their stack who wants more: suggests up to 5 ElfHosted apps that pair with the apps they list, never one they already run, each with why