> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/ai/mcp-server/use-cases.md).

# Use Cases

These guides show how to use the MCP server for common infrastructure, operations, security, and finance tasks.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Manage Infrastructure With AI</strong></mark></td><td>Audit and explore data centers, servers, networking, and security groups through natural language.</td><td><a href="/cloud/ai/mcp-server/use-cases/manage-infrastructure.md">Manage Infrastructure With AI</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Use IONOS CLOUD Resources in Agentic Workflows</strong></mark></td><td>Build multi-step automated pipelines, pre-deployment validation, and multi-server compositions.</td><td><a href="/cloud/ai/mcp-server/use-cases/agentic-workflows.md">Use IONOS CLOUD Resources in Agentic Workflows</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Security Audit with AI</strong></mark></td><td>Audit certificate expiry, Object Storage bucket posture, DNS zones, and billing anomalies.</td><td><a href="/cloud/ai/mcp-server/use-cases/security-audit.md">Security Audit with AI</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Query Billing and Cost Data</strong></mark></td><td>Inspect invoices, analyse usage, review traffic, and check the product pricing catalog.</td><td><a href="/cloud/ai/mcp-server/use-cases/query-billing-data.md">Query Billing and Cost Data</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>FinOps and FOCUS Billing</strong></mark></td><td>Build FOCUS v1.3-compliant cost pipelines and integrate with FinOps tools.</td><td><a href="/cloud/ai/mcp-server/use-cases/finops-focus-billing.md">FinOps and FOCUS Billing</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Fully Sovereign AI Workflow</strong></mark></td><td>Keep both API calls and LLM inference inside the EU by pairing the MCP server with the IONOS CLOUD AI Model Hub.</td><td><a href="/cloud/ai/mcp-server/use-cases/sovereign-ai-workflow.md">Fully Sovereign AI Workflow</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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