Acronis MCP

Acronis + AI - for Claude, the ChatGPT desktop app, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and any agent that speaks MCP

Unofficial. Community-built Claude Code Skill and MCP server for the Acronis

API. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Acronis International GmbH.

▶ Watch the 30-second demo - demo data is simulated; every command shown exists in the real CLI.

Also from Servosity. Backup & DR is Servosity's own field - the first-party Servosity connector brings this same fleet-wide, local-mirror approach (fleet attention, stale backups, restores, QBR reporting) to Servosity Backup and DR.

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The first real CLI for the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud platform - every tenant, agent, and usage metric mirrored locally, with cross-tenant rollups no single API call returns. Works with the AI you already use - ChatGPT (desktop app), Claude Desktop, Codex, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and GitHub Copilot - plus Gemini CLI. Free, open source, runs on your laptop. Built for MSP owners. No code required.

Works with your agent

Security note. Local agents use the default stdio transport and need no

network listener. HTTP mode (--transport http, for remote agents) refuses to

start until ACRONIS_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN is set, rejects any request without that

bearer token, serves http://127.0.0.1:7777/mcp by default, and needs

--tls-cert and --tls-key for any other address. It refuses a request body

over 4 MiB or one that takes longer than 30 seconds to arrive. Whoever holds the

token can call every tool with your Acronis credentials. Endpoint tools that

delete or replace (DELETE, PUT) carry the MCP destructiveHint annotation, and

those that create or trigger (POST) are marked not read-only; the server asks for

no confirmation on either, so that step is your MCP host's. Set

ACRONIS_MCP_READ_ONLY=1 on any host that only needs to read: it removes every

tool not marked read-only. See

mcp-install.md.

The six agents MSP owners actually use (self-serve, works today):

The ChatGPT desktop app runs acronis-mcp locally and shares MCP configuration with Codex (OpenAI). ChatGPT on the web needs a remote server, which msp-skills does not support yet. If your team works there, a hosted gateway is the better pick; check that your AI app is on the gateway's setup list. Setup steps: mcp-install.md.

Also for the Microsoft and Google stacks

Big install base, but an honest heads-up: Gemini CLI runs the local binary you just installed, while Microsoft 365 Copilot and the Gemini app need a remote server, which msp-skills does not support yet.

Skill-native agents (also covered): Hermes and OpenClaw read this skill's SKILL.md directly *and* speak MCP - see their install sections below. Also works with Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue.dev, and Zed via MCP. Full per-tool wire-up: [docs/which-agent.md](../../docs/which-agent.md).

Run more than one agent? Install across all 51+ supported agents in one command: npx skills add Servosity/msp-skills@latest (requires Node.js, then run the per-skill installer for the CLI/MCP binaries). See docs/which-agent.md.

Install in 60 seconds

Fastest for Claude Desktop - one-click .mcpb

Claude Desktop bundle: the .mcpb launches on macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Windows x64 and Linux x64. Every tool shells out to the companion acronis-cli. Releases cut from 2026-09-18 on ship that CLI inside the bundle; older bundles contain only the MCP server, so if yours lacks the companion, run the Path A or Path B installer below first (or set ACRONIS_CLI_PATH to an existing binary). Details: #331.

Download Acronis MCP (.mcpb) - then open Claude Desktop > Settings > Extensions and select the file. One click, no JSON, no shell. (Browse every Acronis release on the releases page.)

Prefer the Claude Code plugin? Add the marketplace once, then install - works immediately, no directory listing required:

/plugin marketplace add Servosity/msp-skills

/plugin install acronis@msp-skills

Path A - paste one prompt into your AI agent (recommended)

Copy this into Claude Code, Codex CLI, or Claude Cowork:

Install the Acronis Skill and MCP server from Servosity/msp-skills in this agent workspace. If this workspace uses a POSIX shell (macOS, Linux, WSL, or Bash), run bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/acronis/install.sh). If it uses Windows PowerShell, run iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/acronis/install.ps1 | iex. Then authenticate per the README and run acronis-cli --help to explore.

The same prompt works in any agent that can run shell.

Path B - run the installer yourself

Windows (PowerShell):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/acronis/install.ps1 | iex

macOS / Linux:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/acronis/install.sh)

The installer drops both acronis-cli (the CLI) and acronis-mcp (the MCP server) into your user bin path. Claude Code, Codex, and Cowork discover the Skill via SKILL.md in this directory.

Verify:

acronis-cli --version

Upgrade to the latest version

The installer always fetches the current release - re-run it to upgrade:

macOS / Linux:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/acronis/install.sh)

Windows (PowerShell):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Servosity/msp-skills/main/skills/acronis/install.ps1 | iex

Claude Desktop .mcpb users: download the latest .mcpb (top of this section) and re-select it in Settings > Extensions. Claude Code plugin users: /plugin update acronis@msp-skills.

Add to Claude Desktop, the ChatGPT desktop app, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, or another MCP client

After the installer runs, see [mcp-install.md](./mcp-install.md) and [docs/which-agent.md](../../docs/which-agent.md) for the per-agent wire-up - one section per agent, including the GitHub Copilot servers key and the ChatGPT desktop app. Claude Desktop's Settings > Extensions panel is the simplest path; the MCP config block (for users who prefer editing JSON) is documented in mcp-install.md.

Install for Hermes

From the Hermes CLI:

hermes skills install servosity/msp-skills/skills/acronis --force

Inside a Hermes chat session:

/skills install servosity/msp-skills/skills/acronis --force

Hermes speaks MCP natively, so it can also use the acronis-mcp server directly - same install path, same env vars.

Install for OpenClaw

Tell your OpenClaw agent (copy this):

Install the acronis skill from https://github.com/servosity/msp-skills/tree/main/skills/acronis. The skill defines how its required CLI (acronis-cli) can be installed via the openclaw: frontmatter block.

OpenClaw isn't generally available yet; the frontmatter wiring is pre-shipped and will activate the moment OpenClaw launches.

Authenticate

Set the credentials the CLI needs (from your Acronis portal):

ACRONIS_BEARER_AUTH=<value> ACRONIS_DATACENTER=<value> acronis-cli doctor

doctor confirms the credentials work before you run anything that touches data. It exits 0 even when the credential is rejected, so scripts should add --fail-on error.

What this skill does

Full command reference: guide.md. For the AI-agent operating contract (--agent, --dry-run, when to confirm before mutating), see AGENTS.md.

What makes this different

Most Acronis integrations and MCP servers proxy each question into a live API call. That's fine for one record. It dies at scale, when you're asking which of your 40-plus customer tenants had a failed backup last night and which agents have silently gone offline - one paginated API call per tenant, behind token exchange and the datacenter-host dance.

This skill syncs Acronis into a local SQLite mirror with full-text search - the exact local-store approach Acronis's own developer monitoring guide tells MSPs to build. Aggregate questions become one local SQL join: instant, offline, and the AI sees the answer, not the raw data. Comp