[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":257},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-selfbase-pages-with-claude-mcp":3,"\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-selfbase-pages-with-claude-mcp-surround":246},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":10,"date":234,"description":235,"extension":236,"image":237,"meta":238,"minRead":239,"navigation":240,"path":241,"seo":242,"stem":243,"updatedAt":244,"__hash__":245},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-selfbase-pages-with-claude-mcp.md","You Can Now Build a Selfbase Page Just by Asking Claude",{"name":7,"avatar":8},"Egon Sale",{"src":9,"alt":7},"\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Fegon_sale.jpeg",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":225},"minimark",[13,17,20,26,29,32,37,45,48,51,55,76,79,84,89,94,99,102,106,109,131,134,137,140,144,147,150,177,180,184,187,190,193,196,199,207,210],[14,15,16],"p",{},"A few months ago, building a bio page meant opening a builder, dragging blocks around, picking colors, and giving up halfway through to make a coffee.",[14,18,19],{},"This week, you can do it like this:",[21,22,23],"blockquote",{},[14,24,25],{},"\"Create a page called 'Spring Tour' with a header, three social links, a form to collect emails, and publish it.\"",[14,27,28],{},"Claude does the rest.",[14,30,31],{},"That is not a marketing line. That is the actual interaction.",[33,34,36],"h2",{"id":35},"we-shipped-an-mcp-server","We shipped an MCP server",[14,38,39,40,44],{},"MCP — Model Context Protocol — is the standard that lets AI assistants like Claude talk to external tools in a structured way. Instead of describing what you want and copy-pasting the result back into a UI somewhere, the assistant just ",[41,42,43],"em",{},"does"," it.",[14,46,47],{},"Selfbase now has an MCP server. Once you connect it, Claude (or any MCP-compatible assistant) can list your pages, create new ones, add and rearrange blocks, change settings, and publish or unpublish — all by you typing what you want.",[14,49,50],{},"It is a small change in interface that ends up being a fairly large change in workflow.",[33,52,54],{"id":53},"what-you-can-actually-ask-for","What you can actually ask for",[14,56,57,58,62,63,62,66,62,69,62,72,75],{},"The server exposes the full set of page and block operations as natural-language tools — ",[59,60,61],"code",{},"list_pages",", ",[59,64,65],{},"create_page",[59,67,68],{},"add_block",[59,70,71],{},"update_block",[59,73,74],{},"publish_page",", and so on.",[14,77,78],{},"You don't need to know any of those names. You just say what you want:",[21,80,81],{},[14,82,83],{},"\"Show me which of my pages are published right now.\"",[21,85,86],{},[14,87,88],{},"\"Add a links block to my portfolio page with GitHub, LinkedIn, and my personal site.\"",[21,90,91],{},[14,92,93],{},"\"Unpublish my old test page and publish my new one.\"",[21,95,96],{},[14,97,98],{},"\"Build me a page for tomorrow's launch with a hero, a button to the waitlist form, and three product cards underneath.\"",[14,100,101],{},"Claude figures out the right tool calls. You read what it did. Approve, reject, iterate. Done.",[33,103,105],{"id":104},"setting-it-up","Setting it up",[14,107,108],{},"In Claude, add Selfbase as a custom connector:",[110,111,112,121,128],"ol",{},[113,114,115,116,120],"li",{},"Open ",[117,118,119],"strong",{},"Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector",".",[113,122,123,124,127],{},"Paste ",[59,125,126],{},"mcp.selfba.se"," as the URL.",[113,129,130],{},"Sign in to Selfbase when the OAuth window opens.",[14,132,133],{},"That is it. The Selfbase tools show up in your conversation immediately.",[14,135,136],{},"No API key. No config file. No restart. No SDK to install, no library to import, no codebase to maintain.",[14,138,139],{},"Other MCP-compatible clients should work the same way — paste the server URL, complete the OAuth flow, done. The exact menu names differ, but the shape of the setup is the same everywhere.",[33,141,143],{"id":142},"why-this-is-genuinely-useful-not-just-a-gimmick","Why this is genuinely useful, not just a gimmick",[14,145,146],{},"You could be forgiven for thinking \"AI agent builds my landing page\" sounds like a feature looking for a problem. We thought that too, until we used it.",[14,148,149],{},"A few things become obvious quickly:",[151,152,153,159,165,171],"ul",{},[113,154,155,158],{},[117,156,157],{},"Speed."," Spinning up a campaign page in three sentences is qualitatively faster than clicking through a builder, even a good one.",[113,160,161,164],{},[117,162,163],{},"Bulk work."," \"Create five pages for these five product names, each with a hero and a buy button\" is the kind of task UIs are bad at and language is good at.",[113,166,167,170],{},[117,168,169],{},"Edits across pages."," \"Update the social links on every page that has a social block.\" Try that one in any dashboard.",[113,172,173,176],{},[117,174,175],{},"Working alongside the AI you already use."," If you are already drafting copy with Claude, having it ship the page directly to Selfbase removes a copy-paste step that was always going to fail.",[14,178,179],{},"It is also, frankly, a little bit fun. The first time you watch an assistant correctly create a page, add a profile hero, and publish it — without you opening a single browser tab — there is a small jolt of \"oh, this is how it should have always worked.\"",[33,181,183],{"id":182},"where-this-fits-in-the-bigger-picture","Where this fits in the bigger picture",[14,185,186],{},"We think of the MCP server as the same thing as the API, with a different audience.",[14,188,189],{},"The REST API is for code. Scripts, automations, internal tooling, integrations.",[14,191,192],{},"The MCP server is for conversation. You, your assistant, and a page that needs to exist by lunchtime.",[14,194,195],{},"Both sit on the same backend. Both can do roughly the same things. Use whichever one matches the moment.",[14,197,198],{},"If you have already got Claude open, the MCP server might quietly become the fastest way you make a page. That has been true for us, and it surprised us a little.",[14,200,201,202,120],{},"Setup details at ",[203,204,206],"a",{"href":205},"\u002Fdevelopers#mcp","selfbase.co\u002Fdevelopers",[14,208,209],{},"We'd love to see what you build by asking nicely.",[14,211,212,213,219,220],{},"Photo by ",[203,214,218],{"href":215,"rel":216},"https:\u002F\u002Funsplash.com\u002F@almoya?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText",[217],"nofollow","Aerps.com"," on ",[203,221,224],{"href":222,"rel":223},"https:\u002F\u002Funsplash.com\u002Fphotos\u002Fa-hand-holds-a-smartphone-with-various-apps-P5sGqNT_Aj8?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText",[217],"Unsplash",{"title":226,"searchDepth":227,"depth":227,"links":228},"",2,[229,230,231,232,233],{"id":35,"depth":227,"text":36},{"id":53,"depth":227,"text":54},{"id":104,"depth":227,"text":105},{"id":142,"depth":227,"text":143},{"id":182,"depth":227,"text":183},"2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","Selfbase has an MCP server. Connect Claude (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) and create, edit, and publish pages by typing instructions in plain English.","md","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Falmoya-P5sGqNT_Aj8-unsplash.jpg",{},5,true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-selfbase-pages-with-claude-mcp",{"title":5,"description":235},"blog\u002Fbuild-selfbase-pages-with-claude-mcp","2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","pJOWr7tjmUxxFyYtfg9WDkKJ2CJEcc4f_iHlzcck75s",[247,252],{"title":248,"path":249,"stem":250,"description":251,"children":-1},"A Good Bio Link Doesn’t Just Get Clicks. It Gets Momentum.","\u002Fblog\u002Fa-good-bio-link-doesnt-just-get-clicks-it-gets-momentum","blog\u002Fa-good-bio-link-doesnt-just-get-clicks-it-gets-momentum","Clicks are nice, but momentum is better. The strongest bio pages carry attention forward instead of simply collecting taps.",{"title":253,"path":254,"stem":255,"description":256,"children":-1},"You Can Now Collect Form Responses Directly on Your Bio Page","\u002Fblog\u002Fcollect-responses-directly-on-your-bio-page","blog\u002Fcollect-responses-directly-on-your-bio-page","Selfbase now has a built-in Form block. Build custom forms with a drag-and-drop editor, view submissions in your dashboard, and export them as CSV.",1779345148776]