# Using Atlas with Netlify in 2026 > Atlas creates Netlify sites, sets environment variables, and reads failed deploy logs through Netlify's official MCP server. Atlas creates Netlify sites, sets environment variables, and reads failed deploy logs through Netlify's official MCP server, which runs either as a hosted endpoint or as a local stdio process. Register the remote server with atlas mcp add netlify --url https://netlify-mcp.netlify.app/mcp, or run it locally with npx -y @netlify/mcp and a Netlify personal access token. ## What Atlas can do with Netlify Atlas creates Netlify sites, sets environment variables, and reads failed deploy logs through Netlify's official MCP server, which runs either as a hosted endpoint or as a local stdio process. In 2026 those are the 2 supported ways to wire Atlas into Netlify. The Netlify integration is unusual among hosting MCP servers because it is not read-only. Atlas can create a Netlify site, not just report on one. It can set environment variables, not just list them. And it can read a failed deploy log to work out why the last build broke. That combination means the setup work at the start of a project and the debugging work in the middle of one both happen in the same terminal, against the same Netlify account. ## The hosted Netlify MCP server Add Netlify's remote MCP server with atlas mcp add netlify --url https://netlify-mcp.netlify.app/mcp. That 1 command is the whole hosted setup: no local process, no npx invocation, and no container to keep alive while Atlas is working on a Netlify site. Choose the hosted endpoint when you want the shortest path and do not need Atlas to reuse a local credential. https://netlify-mcp.netlify.app/mcp is itself a Netlify deployment, which is a fair advertisement for the platform. Registration is a single atlas mcp add netlify call, and the entry then lives in atlas.json like any other MCP server, ready for the next session without further setup. ## The local stdio server, and CLI session reuse Running Netlify's MCP server locally over stdio is the alternative: atlas mcp add netlify --env NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN -- npx -y @netlify/mcp. If you are already logged in through the Netlify CLI, the local server reuses that session, so in 2026 that env var drops away entirely. Session reuse is the detail worth knowing, because it removes a secret from your setup entirely. Developers who have already run a Netlify CLI login do not need NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN at all: @netlify/mcp picks up the existing CLI session. Mint a personal access token only for machines that have never logged in, such as a CI runner. Fewer stored tokens means fewer tokens to rotate later. ## Bootstrapping a Netlify site from the terminal Ask Atlas to create the Netlify site, wire the build command, and set the environment variables without opening a browser. Site creation, build settings, and env vars are 3 things people usually click through a dashboard to configure, and Netlify's MCP server exposes all of them to Atlas. New project setup is where a dashboard costs the most time, because every field is a small decision made from memory. Describing the site once to Atlas is faster and, more usefully, it is repeatable: the same instructions produce the same Netlify configuration next time. Atlas creates the site, sets the build command, and populates the environment variables, and you confirm the result in the terminal rather than reading it back off a settings page. ## Debugging a failed deploy by patching netlify.toml Have Atlas read the failing deploy log, patch netlify.toml, and show the build-settings change as a diff. netlify.toml lives in your repository, so a Netlify build fix and an ordinary code review look identical in 2026: a diff you read before you accept it. Netlify configuration that lives in netlify.toml is reviewable configuration, which is exactly why the fix should land there rather than in a dashboard field somebody edits and forgets. Atlas reads the failing deploy log through the MCP server, works out which build setting is wrong, and produces the netlify.toml change as a diff. The change is then in version control, with a commit message explaining why the build was red. ## Verify the connection before touching production Confirm the netlify entry with atlas mcp list before you let Atlas touch a production site. Netlify's MCP server can create sites and set environment variables, so the 1 minute spent verifying the connection is the cheapest safety check in this integration. atlas mcp list prints the registered servers and their status. Because the Netlify integration includes write capabilities, knowing exactly which Netlify account Atlas is authenticated against matters more here than it does for a read-only observability server. Run atlas mcp list, confirm the netlify entry is connected and pointed where you expect, and only then hand Atlas a production site. ## Setup 1. Add Netlify's remote MCP server with atlas mcp add netlify --url https://netlify-mcp.netlify.app/mcp 2. Or run it locally over stdio with atlas mcp add netlify --env NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN -- npx -y @netlify/mcp 3. If you are already logged in through the Netlify CLI, the local server reuses that session and no token env var is needed. 4. Ask Atlas to create the site, wire the build command, and set the environment variables without opening a browser. 5. Have Atlas read the failing deploy log, patch netlify.toml, and show the build-settings change as a diff. 6. Confirm the entry with atlas mcp list before you let Atlas touch a production site. ## FAQ ### how to connect Atlas to Netlify Run atlas mcp add netlify --url https://netlify-mcp.netlify.app/mcp for the remote server, or atlas mcp add netlify --env NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN -- npx -y @netlify/mcp to run it locally over stdio. ### does the Netlify MCP server need a personal access token Not always. If you are already logged in through the Netlify CLI, the local @netlify/mcp server reuses that session and no NETLIFY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN is needed. ### can an AI agent create a Netlify site Yes. Ask Atlas to create the site, wire the build command, and set the environment variables. Netlify's official MCP server exposes all three without opening a browser. ### how do I fix a failing Netlify deploy with an AI agent Have Atlas read the failing deploy log through the Netlify MCP server, patch netlify.toml, and show the build-settings change as a diff you review before committing. ### Netlify MCP hosted or local stdio, which is better The hosted endpoint at https://netlify-mcp.netlify.app/mcp is one command and needs no local process. The local stdio server via npx -y @netlify/mcp can reuse an existing Netlify CLI session. ### how do I check the Netlify MCP connection in Atlas Run atlas mcp list and confirm the netlify entry before you let Atlas touch a production site, since the server can create sites and set environment variables. ### can Atlas set Netlify environment variables Yes. Setting environment variables is one of the capabilities Netlify's official MCP server exposes, alongside creating sites and reading failed deploy logs. --- Canonical HTML: https://runatlas.sh/resources/integrations/netlify Source of truth: aeo_pages row `/resources/integrations/netlify` (segment: Integrations) (this file is generated from it, never hand-edited). Licence: Atlas is proprietary with a free core. It is not open source and there is no public source repository.