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# MCP Server

The <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> MCP Server connects AI assistants to your <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos\_cloud</code> account using the [<mark style="color:blue;">Model Context Protocol</mark>](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) (MCP). These tutorials guide you through real-world workflows that combine the MCP Server with an AI client to automate infrastructure inspection, security auditing, and cost analysis tasks. For more information, see the [<mark style="color:blue;">MCP Server</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/ai/mcp-server) guide.

<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>Run a Security Posture Audit on Your IONOS CLOUD Object Storage Buckets</strong></mark></td><td>Use Claude Desktop and the MCP Server to probe all your Object Storage buckets across six security dimensions and generate a CISO-ready HTML dashboard.</td><td><a href="/cloud/tutorials/ai/mcp-server/object-storage-security-audit.md">Run a Security Posture Audit on Your IONOS CLOUD Object Storage Buckets</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Generate a FOCUS-Compliant Cost Report</strong></mark></td><td>Use Claude Desktop and the MCP Server to map your IONOS billing data to FOCUS v1.3 and generate a FinOps-ready cost attribution report and CSV export.</td><td><a href="/cloud/tutorials/ai/mcp-server/focus-billing-finops.md">Generate a FOCUS-Compliant Cost Report</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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