NetActuate MCP server: connect your AI assistant to NetActuate

Setup //

Connect it

No account and no key. Add the address to your client, then start asking.

https://netactuate.com/mcp

Claude

claude.ai · desktop app

Opens NetActuate's listing in Claude's connector directory. Choose Connect; no sign-in details are needed.

On a company account? On Claude's Team and Enterprise plans an Owner adds connectors (on Enterprise, also a member whose role manages the organization's libraries). The Owner adds NetActuate once, for everyone; then each person finds it in Customize → Connectors and chooses Connect.

Owners: add for everyone

Or add it by hand

If the directory is turned off for your account, open the Add custom connector dialog with NetActuate filled in, or:

Open Customize, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector
Name it NetActuate and paste the server address
If it asks for authentication, choose No sign-in
Choose Add

Owners add it for the organization under Organization settings → Connectors: Add, then Custom, then Web if asked. The Free plan allows one custom connector.

In a chat, NetActuate sits under + → Connectors, where you can switch it on or off.

ChatGPT

Plugins

Open Plugins, choose +, then Add custom MCP server
Name it NetActuate and paste the description below
Under Connection, paste the server address
Set authentication to No authentication, accept the notice, and choose Create as a plugin

description

Answers from NetActuate's own published data: data centers and specs, compliance by site, internet exchanges, products and pricing, marketplace apps, docs and API, each linked to its source page.

On a Business, Enterprise or Edu workspace, adding a server may need an admin or owner.

ChatGPT keeps the tool list from the day you add the server. To pick up new tools after an update, open NetActuate in ChatGPT's app settings and choose Refresh; if the tools still do not change, remove it and add it again.

Claude Code

Command line

terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http netactuate https://netactuate.com/mcp

Cursor and VS Code

One click

Your browser asks to open the editor, and the editor asks you to install the server. Then ask your question in the editor's chat: in VS Code, Copilot Chat in Agent mode.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Any other client

JSON config

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netactuate": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://netactuate.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code's .vscode/mcp.json names the block "servers" instead of "mcpServers".

Prompts //

Try asking

Answers come straight from netactuate.com, each linked to its page.

How does NetActuate BGP Anycast provide global failover and DDoS protection?

Which NetActuate data centers are closest to Lagos, Nigeria, and what compliance certifications do they list?

How do NetActuate VMs, bare metal, and Managed Kubernetes compare, and what pricing is published?

When should I use NetActuate block storage versus S3-compatible object storage?

Which internet exchanges can I access through NetActuate, and where is remote peering available?

What does NetActuate offer for GPU computing and Anycast AI inference?

How does NetActuate’s Media Substrate transport live video, and how is it priced?

Which streaming and transcoding apps can I deploy from the NetActuate Marketplace, and what do they require?

How can I automate VM deployment with NetActuate’s Terraform provider or API?

Under the hood //

13 read-only tools

They expose only what netactuate.com already publishes, plus where VPU capacity is live, which NetActuate supplied, with a link to each page they draw on.

list_data_centers: Every data center, filtered by region, country, certification or where VPU capacity is live.
get_data_center: One facility in full: building specs, certifications, security, carriers, power and cooling.
find_nearest_data_centers: Sites ranked by distance from a city or market you want to serve.
get_compliance_coverage: NetActuate's own certifications, and which sites hold SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001 and more.
list_internet_exchanges: Exchanges with colocation, bare metal, VMs or remote peering.
list_services: Every product, grouped as the site's menu groups them, plus the category and solution pages.
search_netactuate: Keyword search across products, pricing, case studies, news, marketplace apps, the technical docs and the facility FAQs; a place in the question, as in "Wowza Africa", also lists NetActuate's sites for that place.
get_netactuate_page: The full text of any product, solution, case study or region page.
find_marketplace_apps: Deployable apps in NetActuate's marketplace, filtered by words, vendor, category or licensing, with the VM size each one needs.
get_marketplace_app: One marketplace listing in full: what it does, vendor, licensing, support and its docs page.
list_marketplace_partners: The software partners in the marketplace, such as Wowza, Broadpeak and NETINT, and their listings.
get_netactuate_doc: One page of NetActuate's technical docs in full: guides for cloud-init, Terraform, Kubernetes, BGP and more, and each appliance's setup.
find_api_endpoints: Searches the API reference for endpoints by what they do, such as "create a server" or "DNS record": method, path, version and reference page. It never calls the API.

Details //

Good to know

What the server keeps, its limits, and where to get help.

Distances: Measured between city centres, so treat them as a guide, not a latency figure.
What it records: Each question (the tool used, what was asked and how many results came back), and for every request, including a visit to this page, the user agent: the name of the assistant or browser that sent it. Kept for 90 days. No IP addresses. See NetActuate's privacy policy.
Rate limits: Up to 5 requests a second from one client, with short bursts of 20; past that the server answers HTTP 429.
The one official address: https://netactuate.com/mcp
Questions or feedback: netactuate.com/contact

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