PageMotor on Hostinger with Claude Code

1Go to the Hostinger API page

Log into hPanel and click API in the left sidebar (under Dev tools). You land on the page Hostinger have built specifically for AI coding tools.

2Choose Claude Code and the tools you need

Click the Claude Code tab. Then tick the tool categories you want to use. For provisioning a PageMotor VPS you need at minimum:

• VPS hosting — creates and manages your servers
• Domains and DNS — sets the A record that points your domain at the new server

The others (Websites, Billing, Email Marketing) are useful but optional for this task. You can untick them for a leaner MCP config.

3Generate your API token

Scroll down on the same page and click Generate API token. It creates a token instantly. Give it a name you will recognise, for example hostinger-cc-api.

4Copy the token before the page refreshes

The token appears once. Hostinger will not show it again if you refresh or leave the page. Copy it now.

5Copy the MCP JSON config

Scroll back up. The page shows a ready-made JSON block you copy straight into your Claude Code config. It looks like this:

Replace every your-token-here with the token you just copied. The full block, with your token in place, is what goes into Claude Code next.

"mcpServers": {
  "hostinger-hosting": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["--package=hostinger-api-mcp@latest", "hostinger-hosting-mcp"],
    "env": { "HOSTINGER_API_TOKEN": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" }
  },
  "hostinger-domains": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["--package=hostinger-api-mcp@latest", "hostinger-domains-mcp"],
    "env": { "HOSTINGER_API_TOKEN": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" }
  },
  "hostinger-dns": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["--package=hostinger-api-mcp@latest", "hostinger-dns-mcp"],
    "env": { "HOSTINGER_API_TOKEN": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" }
  },
  "hostinger-vps": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["--package=hostinger-api-mcp@latest", "hostinger-vps-mcp"],
    "env": { "HOSTINGER_API_TOKEN": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" }
  }
}

6Add it to Claude Code

Open your Claude Code config file at ~/.claude/config.json (create it if it does not exist). Paste the mcpServers block inside the top-level JSON object.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    /* paste the hostinger-hosting, hostinger-domains,  */
    /* hostinger-dns, and hostinger-vps blocks here     */
  }
}

If you already have other MCP servers in the file, just add the Hostinger entries inside the existing mcpServers object — do not create a second one.

After saving, restart Claude Code so it picks up the new servers. You can confirm they loaded by typing /mcp in a CC session — the Hostinger servers should appear in the list.

7Ask Claude Code to provision the VPS

Open Claude Code and give it a clear brief. This is the whole prompt — the MCP handles the API calls behind it:

POST /api/vps/v1/virtual-machines
{
  "item_id": "hostingercom-vps-kvm2-usd-1m",   // KVM 2, billed monthly
  "setup": {
    "template_id": 1096,               // Ubuntu 24.04 with CloudPanel
    "data_center_id": 18,             // Manchester, UK
    "hostname": "pagemotor-mysite",
    "public_key": "ssh-ed25519 ..."   // from ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
  }
}

Claude Code will use the hostinger-vps MCP to create the server and hostinger-dns to set the DNS record. Provisioning takes three to six minutes. CC polls the API and tells you when the VPS is running.

8Let Claude Code finish the on-box setup

Once you have the IP and DNS is set, give CC the second brief. It will SSH in and use CloudPanel’s CLI to create the site, database, and SSL certificate, then deploy PageMotor.

Download the ready-made on-box script and drop it in your project folder so Claude Code can reference it:

You do not need to run the script yourself. Give Claude Code the file and the prompt above — it reads the script, adapts the commands to your site, and runs them over SSH.

9Verify with EP Host Check

Visit https://mysite.com/admin/ and register your PageMotor admin account. Then install the EP Host Check plugin (available on the EP Suite updates channel) and run it.

You are looking for all 12 checks green, especially PHP can save PageMotor’s files. That one goes red on a locked-down shared host — it should be green here because you are on a proper VPS with correct file ownership.