Security CMS MCP Function Details: Built-in 108 tools, allowing AI to directly help you manage your website

Imagine such a scene: In the morning, open the AI assistant and say, "Help me sort last month's visit data into a daily report and list the 10 articles with the lowest click-through rate under the "SEO" category. After a few seconds, the results are in front of you - and you haven't opened the website backend from start to finish.

This is not imagination, this is the way the built-in MCP function of Anqicms brings the working method. This article will thoroughly explain the MCP capability of Anqicms: what it is, how it works, what tools are built-in, how to configure access, and what are the worth implementing use cases.

1. What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol, model context protocol) is an open-source standard protocol released by Anthropic at the end of 2024, used to connect AI applications with external data sources and tools.You can understand it as the 'USB-C interface' of the AI world: in the past, each software had to develop a separate interface for connecting to AI, but with MCP, any AI client that supports the protocol (such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Cherry Studio, etc.) can discover and call external system capabilities in a unified way.

For website administrators, MCP means one thing:AI is no longer just writing a paragraph of text or coming up with an idea, but can directly manipulate your website.——Create articles, upload images, adjust categories, and rebuild the site map; these operations are all autonomously selected and performed by AI by calling the corresponding tools.

II. The MCP function of Anqicms: built-in, ready to use out of the box.

Many systems require additional plugin installation and independent service deployment for MCP capabilities. Anqicms has chosen a more radical approach:Integrate the MCP Server directly into the system kernel.After upgrading to a version that supports MCP, no additional deployment is required; the website itself is a standard MCP server.

It has two key features:

1. Standard endpoint:https://你的域名/api/mcp, Follow the MCP standard protocol (based on JSON-RPC 2.0 Streamable HTTP transmission), any client that supports MCP can connect directly;
2. Token authentication: Endpoint throughAuthorization: Bearer <Token>Header for authentication, using the same token system as AnQiCMS Open API, secure and controllable.

3. Working Principle: Three-tier structure, one picture to understand

The entire link is divided into three layers:

• Layer 1: MCP client (Host)——The AI tools you use daily, such as Claude Desktop, Cursor / VS Code, Cherry Studio, WorkBuddy, or your self-developed AI Agent. It is responsible for conversing with you and understanding your intentions.
• Layer 2: AnQiCMS MCP Server——The system内置 built-in MCP service, listenshttp://你的域名/api/mcpCommunicate with the client through the MCP protocol (JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP / SSE), isolate sessions by site.
• The 3rd layer: built-in toolset——Tool list exposed by MCP Server (Tool Calling), AI will autonomously select and call the appropriate tools based on your natural language instructions, directly read and write website data and configuration.

That is to say, you do not need to learn any background operation path, just make your intention clear, and the rest, such as tool selection, parameter passing, execution, and feedback, will all be done by AI.

4. Built-in 108 tools covering the entire website management process

AnQiCMS currently built-in108 tools MCPAlmost covering all the capabilities of daily website operation, can be classified into eight categories:

In addition, there is a set with distinctive characteristicsskill system(skill_list / skill_install / skill_save, etc.): You can encapsulate commonly used operation processes into reusable skills, allowing AI to automatically call them in appropriate scenarios and achieve experience sedimentation.

Step 5: Connect your AI client in three steps

Step 1: Enable API

Log in to the AnQiCMS backend, go to 'Settings → Security Settings', and confirmAPI OpenEnabled.

Step 2: Obtain API Token

Generate the MCP Token in the 'Settings → AI Unified Configuration' backend. This Token is the access credential for the MCP endpoint, please keep it secure and do not leak it. Click 'Copy Configuration一键复制配置' on the configuration interface to copy the configuration information to the clipboard.

Step 3: Add MCP configuration in the AI client

For example, with clients that support Streamable HTTP such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, paste the MCP configuration information in the MCP server configuration.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anqicms": {
      "url": "https://你的域名/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer 你的API Token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart the client (or reload the MCP connection) after saving, when the client displays that the anqicms tool list has been loaded, you can start using it. The configuration methods of other clients (such as WorkBuddy, Cherry Studio, etc.) are similar, and the core is three elements:Endpoint URL + Bearer Token authentication header + client MCP support.

Six, typical use scenarios

After the configuration is completed, the following scenarios can be completed directly in natural language:

• Post an article in one sentenceWrite an introduction article about XX, about 800 words, with a cover image, and publish it to the 'Company Dynamics' category——AI will automatically write content, generate or upload images, select categories, and publish;
• Batch content maintenanceReplace the old phone numbers in all site articles with new numbers, done once with the search_replace tool;
• SEO dailyRebuild the site map, push the latest 20 articles to search engines, sitemap_rebuild and url_push work together;
• Data daily reportSummarize the traffic and spider crawling situation of yesterday, the data of statistic_traffic and statistic_spider will be organized into a readable summary.
• Template developmentLet AI use grep to locate template files, edit_file to modify, and template_reload to take effect, making the template modification as smooth as pair programming.

7. Security Usage Suggestions

The MCP toolset has administrator-level capabilities (including file operations and command execution), it is recommended to follow the following principles:

1. Token confidentialDo not write Token in public code repositories or documents, pay attention to permissions in configuration files;
2. Always use HTTPSUse HTTPS for remote access to avoid plaintext transmission of Token;
3. Trusted clientOnly configure in the AI client you trust, keep the default setting of 'manual confirmation before sensitive operations' in the client;
4. Minimum exposureIf you are just experiencing content management capabilities, you can set 'List of exposed tools' in 'Settings → AI Unified Configuration', and limit the source at the server level for the /api/mcp endpoint.

Common questions

Q: Does the MCP of AnqiCMS require additional plugin installation?No. The MCP Server is built into the system, and it can be used after upgrading to a supported version.

Q: Which AI clients are supported?Any client that supports the MCP protocol can be used, such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Cherry Studio, WorkBuddy, and various self-developed AI Agents.

Q: What is the MCP endpoint address? How to authenticate?The endpoint ishttps://你的域名/api/mcp, through the request headerAuthorization: Bearer <API Token>Authentication completed.

Q: How many tools are built-in?The current version built-in 108 tools, covering content management, system settings, SEO, data statistics, user interaction, file and template development, and other scenarios.

Q: Complete tool list

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MCP is becoming the standard way to connect AI and the software world, and Anqicms has built it into the CMS core - the website is no longer just passively waiting for people to operate, but has become an entity that AI can directly communicate with and schedule. If you are operating an Anqicms website, why not connect and experience it now: start with 'let me take a look at today's data' and feel the efficiency of managing the website with just one sentence.