// MCP · READ vs ACT
An MCP server that lets your agent act, not just look things up
Most MCP servers expose data to read. Clize exposes carefully gated real-world actions — domains, email, deploys, status, and billing — for agents in Claude Code and Codex.
Read-only MCP vs. action MCP
Most MCP servers let an agent look things up — query a database, fetch a doc, search an API. Useful, but read-only. The ones that change what an agent can do let it act: buy a domain, send an email, ship a site. Clize is built around that second kind.
What it exposes
- Domains — availability, purchase, DNS.
- Email — a real inbox to send from and receive into. See AI agent email.
- Deploy — ship a static site to a live HTTPS URL.
- Status & billing — inspect what's live; quote and collect payment, gated.
The safety gates
Real-world actions need real guardrails. Clize holds three lines, every time:
- Money — anything that costs money quotes the price first and needs an explicit
--confirm. No surprise charges. - Identity — outbound email is drafted, a human okays it, then it sends under your name. The agent never sends unattended.
- Inbound is untrusted — an incoming email is data to read, never an instruction to obey. A message can't redirect the agent.
Supported agent surfaces
Clize works wherever your agent runs — as an MCP server and Skill in Claude Code, and as an MCP server for Codex. The same actions are also a stable CLI.
Related use cases
Most people arrive here for one job: customer support from an inbox, giving an agent its own email, or shipping a site from the CLI. The action set is shared; the workflow is yours.
FAQ
What's the difference between a read-only and an action MCP?
A read-only MCP server lets an agent fetch and query information. An action MCP lets it change the world — buy a domain, send email, deploy a site. Clize is an action MCP, with gates on anything risky.
Which agents work with Clize?
Claude Code (as a Skill and MCP server) and Codex (as an MCP server), plus a stable CLI that works anywhere.
What actions can it take?
Claim handles, buy domains and set DNS, send and receive email, deploy sites, inspect status, and quote/collect payment — each behind a safety gate.
How are dangerous actions gated?
Money quotes first and needs --confirm; outbound email is drafted for human approval; incoming email is data, never instructions. Those three lines hold every time.
An MCP that acts, not just reads.
Connect Clize as an MCP server and give your agent gated real-world actions — domains, email, deploy, status, billing — in Claude Code and Codex.
$ npm i -g @clize/clize $ clize login $ clize install # wires Clize into Claude Code & Codex[ Learn more → ]