Superjolt CLI (Beta)

🤖 AI-Powered Deployment Platform with MCP Support

Official command-line interface for Superjolt - Deploy and manage JavaScript applications with AI assistance.

⚡ Beta Release: We're actively improving Superjolt based on your feedback. Join our Discord to share your experience!

During beta, the CLI will automatically check for critical updates to ensure compatibility with our evolving API.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Quick Start
• 🤖 AI Integration (MCP)
• Installation
• Commands
  • Authentication
  • Deployment
  • Machine Management
  • Service Management
  • Custom Domains
  • Environment Variables
  • Logs
  • Other Commands
• Configuration
• CI/CD Integration
• Examples
• Web Dashboard
• Support
• Contributing
• License

Overview

Superjolt CLI is the fastest way to deploy JavaScript applications to the cloud. With integrated AI support through Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can manage your entire infrastructure using natural language with Claude Desktop.

Key Features:

• 🚀 One-command deployment: npx superjolt deploy
• 🤖 AI-powered infrastructure management via MCP
• 🔧 Full service lifecycle management
• 🔐 Secure environment variable handling
• 📊 Real-time logs and monitoring
• 🌐 Automatic SSL and custom domains

Quick Start

From your JavaScript framework project folder, run:

npx superjolt deploy

That's it! The CLI will guide you through authentication and deployment.

🤖 AI Integration (MCP)

Superjolt is one of the first deployment platforms with native Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, allowing you to manage your entire infrastructure through AI assistants like Claude Desktop.

Why MCP?

• Natural Language Control: Manage deployments using conversational commands
• Context-Aware Operations: AI understands your infrastructure state
• Automated Workflows: Let AI handle complex deployment sequences
• Error Resolution: Get intelligent help with deployment issues

Setup MCP

1. Install Superjolt CLI (includes MCP server):

   npm install -g superjolt
   

2. Authenticate with Superjolt:

   superjolt login
   

3. Add to Claude Desktop configuration:

   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
   • Linux: ~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "superjolt": {
         "command": "superjolt-mcp",
         "args": []
       }
     }
   }
   

4. Restart Claude Desktop

MCP Capabilities

Once configured, you can use natural language to:

Authentication & CI/CD Setup:

• "Get my authentication token for CI/CD"
• "Show me how to set up GitHub Actions"
• "Check if I'm authenticated"

Infrastructure Management:

• "Create a new production machine"
• "List all my running services"
• "Show me services that are stopped"
• "Delete all test machines"

Deployment Operations:

• "Restart my API service"
• "Stop the staging environment"
• "Show logs for the web service"

Configuration:

• "Set DATABASE_URL for my backend"
• "List all environment variables"
• "Update API keys for production"

Custom Domains:

• "Add app.example.com to my web service"
• "List all custom domains"
• "Check validation status for my domain"
• "Remove old.example.com"

Available MCP Tools

MCP Requirements & Troubleshooting

• Node.js 16 or later is required (The MCP server uses modern JavaScript features)
• If you see Unexpected token '??=' errors, Claude Desktop is using an old Node.js version

Solutions:

1. Set your default Node version and restart Claude Desktop:

   nvm alias default 16  # or higher
   # Completely quit and restart Claude Desktop
   

2. Or use explicit paths in your Claude Desktop config:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "superjolt": {
         "command": "/path/to/node16+/bin/node",
         "args": ["/path/to/node16+/bin/superjolt-mcp"]
       }
     }
   }
   

Installation

You can use Superjolt CLI in several ways:

Using npx (no installation required)

npx superjolt deploy

Global Installation

Install the Superjolt CLI globally using npm:

npm install -g superjolt

Or using yarn:

yarn global add superjolt

Commands

Authentication

• superjolt login - Authenticate with your Superjolt account
• superjolt logout - Log out from your account
• superjolt me - Display current user information
• superjolt token - Display your authentication token for CI/CD use
  • --show - Show the full token (for exporting)

Deployment

• superjolt deploy [options] - Deploy your application to Superjolt
  • -p, --path <path> - Path to the application directory (defaults to current directory)
  • -s, --service <serviceId> - Deploy to existing service (optional)
  • -m, --machine <machineId> - Machine ID to deploy to
  • -n, --name <name> - Service name (defaults to package.json name for new services)
  • -v, --verbose - Show detailed build output and logs

Machine Management

• superjolt machine:create - Create a new machine
• superjolt machine:list - List all your machines
• superjolt machine:delete <machine-id> - Delete a machine
• superjolt machine:use <machine-id> - Set the default machine for deployments
• superjolt machine:rename [machine-id] <new-name> - Rename a machine (uses default machine if ID omitted)

Service Management

• superjolt service:list [machine-id] - List services for a machine
• superjolt service:start <service-id> - Start a service
• superjolt service:stop <service-id> - Stop a service
• superjolt service:restart <service-id> - Restart a service
• superjolt service:rename <service-id> <new-name> - Rename a service (alias: rename)
• superjolt service:delete <service-id> - Delete a service

Custom Domains

• superjolt domain:add <domain> [service-id] - Add a custom domain to a service (uses .superjolt file if service ID omitted)
  • -p, --primary - Set as primary domain for the service
• superjolt domain:list [service-id] - List custom domains (alias: domains)
• superjolt domain:status <domain> - Check domain validation status
• superjolt domain:remove <domain> - Remove a custom domain (alias: domain:delete)

Environment Variables

• superjolt env:list - List environment variables
• superjolt env:set <key> <value> - Set an environment variable
• superjolt env:get <key> - Get an environment variable
• superjolt env:unset <key> - Remove an environment variable
• superjolt env:push - Push .env file to your application

Logs

• superjolt logs [service-id] - View real-time logs for your application

Other Commands

• superjolt reset - Delete ALL machines and services (DESTRUCTIVE - requires confirmation)
• superjolt update - Update CLI to the latest version
• superjolt update --check - Check for updates without installing
• superjolt status - Display CLI configuration, version, and stored data (aliases: info, config)
  • --show-token - Show full authentication token

Configuration

The CLI stores authentication tokens securely using your system's keychain (keytar). If keychain access is unavailable, tokens are stored in ~/.config/superjolt/token.

Project Configuration

The CLI automatically creates a .superjolt file in your project root after the first deployment. This file tracks:

{
  "serviceId": "clever-red-deer"
}

This allows the CLI to determine whether to update an existing deployment or create a new one.

Deployment Ignore File (.superjoltignore)

You can create a .superjoltignore file in your project root to exclude specific files and directories from deployment. This file follows the same syntax as .gitignore.

# Ignore test files
**/*.test.js
**/*.spec.js
__tests__/

# Ignore development files
*.dev.js
.vscode/
.idea/

# Ignore specific directories
docs/
examples/

# Ignore large assets during development
videos/
*.mp4

Port Configuration

When your application is deployed on Superjolt, the server automatically provides the port number through the PORT environment variable. Your application should listen on this port to receive incoming requests.

// Example for Node.js/Express
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Server listening on port ${port}`);
});

This is similar to other PaaS platforms like Heroku - you don't choose the port, the platform assigns it dynamically. Always use process.env.PORT when available, with a fallback for local development.

CI/CD Integration

Superjolt CLI supports authentication via environment variables for seamless CI/CD integration.

Setting Up CI/CD Authentication

1. Get your authentication token:

   superjolt token --show
   

2. Set the token as a secret in your CI/CD platform:

   • GitHub Actions: Add as a repository secret named SUPERJOLT_TOKEN
   • GitLab CI: Add as a protected CI/CD variable
   • CircleCI: Add as an environment variable in project settings
   • Other platforms: Set SUPERJOLT_TOKEN as a secure environment variable

3. Use in your CI/CD pipeline:

GitHub Actions Example

name: Deploy to Superjolt

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '18'
          
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
        
      - name: Deploy to Superjolt
        env:
          SUPERJOLT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SUPERJOLT_TOKEN }}
        run: npx superjolt deploy

GitLab CI Example

deploy:
  stage: deploy
  image: node:18
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npx superjolt deploy
  only:
    - main
  variables:
    SUPERJOLT_TOKEN: $SUPERJOLT_TOKEN

Generic Script Example

#!/bin/bash
export SUPERJOLT_TOKEN="your-token-here"
npx superjolt deploy

Security Best Practices

• Never commit tokens to version control
• Store tokens as encrypted secrets in your CI/CD platform
• Use different tokens for different environments (staging, production)
• Rotate tokens regularly
• Tokens provide full access to your Superjolt account - handle with care

Environment Variable Authentication

When SUPERJOLT_TOKEN is set, the CLI will:

• Skip the browser-based login flow
• Use the token for all API requests
• Work in headless environments (CI/CD, containers)

You can verify the token source with:

superjolt status

Examples

Deploy a Node.js Application

# Navigate to your project
cd my-node-app

# Login to Superjolt
superjolt login

# Deploy
superjolt deploy

# Deploy with detailed build output
superjolt deploy --verbose

Managing Environment Variables

# Set a single variable
superjolt env:set NODE_ENV production

# Push entire .env file
superjolt env:push

# List all variables
superjolt env:list

Managing Custom Domains

# Add a custom domain (uses service ID from .superjolt file)
superjolt domain:add app.example.com

# Add to a specific service
superjolt domain:add app.example.com happy-blue-fox

# Add as primary domain
superjolt domain:add www.example.com --primary

# List all domains
superjolt domain:list

# Check domain status
superjolt domain:status app.example.com

# Remove a domain
superjolt domain:remove app.example.com

Working with Machines

# Create a new machine
superjolt machine:create

# List all machines
superjolt machine:list

# Set default machine
superjolt machine:use happy-blue-fox

AI-Powered Management with Claude

Once MCP is configured, you can use natural language:

You: "Show me all my running services"
Claude: [Lists all services with their status]

You: "Restart the API service and check its logs"
Claude: [Restarts service and shows recent logs]

You: "Set up environment variables for my database connection"
Claude: [Helps configure DATABASE_URL and related variables]

Web Dashboard

Manage your deployments through our web interface at users.superjolt.com:

• 📊 View deployment metrics and usage
• 🔧 Manage services and environment variables
• 📱 Monitor your applications in real-time
• 🚀 Access deployment logs and history

Support

• Dashboard: https://users.superjolt.com
• Documentation: https://superjolt.com/docs
• Issues: https://github.com/scoritz/superjolt/issues
• Discord: https://superjolt.com/discord
• Email: support@superjolt.com

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.

License

MIT - see LICENSE for details.