A dedicated setup skill designed to connect, authenticate, and verify BasicOps Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations in AI agent environments.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install basicops-mcp-setup
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install basicops-mcp-setup using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is BasicOps MCP Setup?
The BasicOps MCP Setup skill simplifies the process of integrating BasicOps into AI-driven workspaces. As one of the premier Openclaw Skills, it automates the discovery, registration, and verification of the BasicOps MCP server, ensuring your AI agents can seamlessly interact with tasks, projects, and notes. Instead of forcing manual REST API configurations, this skill establishes a clean, secure, and native MCP connection over streamable HTTP transport.
By ensuring that your API keys are treated securely and verifying connection status before handing off to the operator skill, it reduces setup errors and guarantees tool visibility. This makes it an essential bridge for developer environments, allowing you to connect BasicOps directly to platforms like OpenClaw, Claude, Cursor, or Codex.
BasicOps MCP Setup Use Cases
- Initial configuration and provisioning of the BasicOps MCP server in modern AI developer environments.
- Troubleshooting and fixing unauthorized or missing BasicOps connection states.
- Establishing secure token-based authentication (bearer tokens) without exposing secrets in public logs or chat histories.
- Expanding your catalog of Openclaw Skills to support cross-agent task tracking and workflow automation.
- Verifying tool visibility and connection health before running production-level agent actions.
How BasicOps MCP Setup Works
- Detect Existing Setup: The skill checks if a BasicOps MCP registration already exists in the host configuration.
- Verify Tool Visibility: If found, it tests if the BasicOps tools are visible and successfully authorized to talk to the endpoint.
- Configure Connection: If missing, it writes the configuration to the client's native MCP configuration file, setting the endpoint to
https://app.basicops.com/mcp. - Secure Authentication: It safely prompts for or places the BasicOps API key (bearer token) into the environment variables or configuration file.
- Test and Verify: It executes a low-risk verification step to confirm tools are loaded properly.
- Handoff: Once verified, it hands off operations to the
basicops-mcp-operatorskill for daily task management.
BasicOps MCP Setup Setup
Prerequisites
Before setting up BasicOps, ensure you have a valid API Key from your BasicOps workspace.
Step-by-Step Configuration
To integrate this with your client environment using Openclaw Skills, follow these steps:
- Define your BasicOps API token in your environment:
export BASICOPS_API_KEY="your_basicops_api_key_here"
- Add the server configuration to your MCP settings file (typically
mcp-config.jsonorclaude_desktop_config.jsondepending on your client):
{
"mcpServers": {
"basicops-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@basicops/mcp-server"],
"env": {
"BASICOPS_API_KEY": "your_basicops_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
- Execute the setup sequence to verify that tools are visible. If a client reload is needed, restart the agent environment.
BasicOps MCP Setup Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages connectivity options and environment variables to orchestrate a clean handshake with BasicOps. Below is the metadata schema utilized during setup:
| Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
mcp_endpoint |
String | Server URL: https://app.basicops.com/mcp |
Yes |
auth_token |
String | BasicOps API bearer token | Yes |
verification_status |
Boolean | Output representing whether tools were loaded | Yes |
client_type |
String | Target client application (e.g., OpenClaw, Cursor, Claude) | Yes |
BasicOps MCP Setup Advanced Features
- Native MCP Alignment: Prioritizes standard MCP server protocols over writing fragile custom API integrations.
- Zero-Exposure Credential Safeguards: Prevents bearer tokens and sensitive API keys from being echoed in user-facing chat responses.
- Adaptive Client Pathing: Auto-detects client configuration structures to match specific file pathways dynamically.
- Automated Verification Loop: Executes silent validation tests to guarantee tools are functional before marking the setup as complete.
- Seamless Operator Integration: Acts as the launchpad for task-oriented Openclaw Skills by handing off ready connections to execution-level operators.
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