Railway MCP: manage deployments from your AI app

Wire Railway into Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT

1. 1Click Connect Railway free and sign in with your Railway account.
2. 2Reading logs and environments is safe. Deleting a volume or workspace removes its data permanently, and deleting a variable can break a service, so switch those off and decide whether your AI app should change service settings at all.
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 why the latest deployment of your API service keeps crashing, then open Activity to see the log call.

Railway tasks for Claude Code or Cursor

• Read a deployment's runtime logs while you debug.
• Inspect an environment, its service instances and the config patches applied to it.
• Change a service's build and deploy settings, or a project's settings.
• Check the GitHub pull request tied to a service.

Protect production data

• Switch off volume, workspace and variable deletion; they're hidden and refused if called.
• Policies check every call and can block secrets, such as tokens that show up in logs.
• Activity records every change your AI app makes to a Railway project.

What you get with Railway and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use RailwayClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Railway through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Railway 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.

Railway tools

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

• Create PluginCreates a new plugin in Railway for the specified project. Use this action when you need to add a custom plugin to a Railway project, such as for integrating external services or extending project fun
• Delete VariableDelete a Railway environment variable. This action uses the `variableDelete` GraphQL mutation to permanently remove an environment variable from a project, environment, or service. This action is irre
• Delete VolumePermanently delete a persistent volume and all its associated data from Railway. Use when you need to remove a volume that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — the volume and all its dat
• Delete workspaceDelete a Railway workspace and all data associated with it. This action uses the `workspaceDelete` GraphQL mutation to permanently remove a workspace. Use this action when you need to permanently dele
• Disconnect Discord accountDisconnects the authenticated user's Railway account from Discord. Use when you need to unlink a Discord account that was previously connected to Railway for notifications, authentication, or team man
• Get Deployment LogsRetrieve runtime logs for a deployment. Use when you need to view the runtime application logs for troubleshooting runtime issues, monitoring application behavior, or debugging errors that occur durin
• Get EnvironmentGet details of a specific Railway environment by its ID, including service instances and deployment information. Use this action when you need to retrieve detailed information about an environment, su
• Get GitHub PR InfoGet information for a GitHub pull request associated with a Railway service. Use this action when you need to retrieve details about a specific pull request, such as its title, state, URL, or author i
• Get User Kickback EarningsGet the total kickback earnings for the authenticated Railway user. Use this action when you need to retrieve the kickback earnings information for the authenticated user, including the total amount e
• List API TokensRetrieve all API tokens for the authenticated user from Railway. Use this action when you need to fetch the list of API tokens associated with the currently authenticated user. This is a read-only ope
• List Environment PatchesRetrieve all patches for a Railway environment using the GraphQL API. Use this action when you need to fetch the list of configuration patches applied to an environment. This is useful for auditing en
• List GitHub ReposRetrieve a list of GitHub repositories that Railway has access to. Use this action when you need to fetch the list of GitHub repositories associated with the authenticated user's GitHub account throug
• List GitHub Writable ScopesRetrieve the list of GitHub scopes the user has installed the installation to. Use this action when you need to fetch the list of GitHub scope names that the authenticated user has granted to the Rail
• List Integration AuthsRetrieve all integration auths for the authenticated user from Railway. Use this action when you need to fetch the list of integration auths (such as GitHub, GitLab, Vercel, or other connected integra
• List Notification DeliveriesRetrieve notification deliveries for the authenticated user. Use this action when you need to fetch a list of notification deliveries, such as tracking which notifications have been sent (e.g., EMAIL,
• List Railway Trusted DomainsFetch all trusted domains for the authenticated Railway workspace. Use this action when you need to retrieve all trusted domains configured for workspace membership invitations. Trusted domains allow
• Update ProjectUpdate project settings and configuration on Railway. Use this action when you need to modify project properties such as description, visibility settings, or PR deploy preferences. The following field
• Update Service InstanceUpdate build/deploy settings for a service in a specific environment on Railway. Use this action when you need to modify service configuration including commands, healthcheck, replicas, region, and cr