What does requestCapability do?

Ask The Cloud for a capability it may not have yet, and always get an answer back. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

How do I use requestCapability from Claude or ChatGPT?

Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "ask The Cloud for a feature", and it calls requestCapability.

Is requestCapability safe to let an AI call?

requestCapability changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Contribution Ledger

`requestCapability`

Request a Capability

Ask The Cloud for a capability it may not have yet, and always get an answer back.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "ask The Cloud for a feature", and it calls requestCapability.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {},
  "name": "requestCapability"
}

Arguments

contactstringoptionalOptional: an email to reach the person the capability is for, once it is built. Kept on the ledger row, never shown on the ticket.
forWhomstringoptionalOptional: who the capability is for, in a few words (a shop, a team, a role).
requesterAgentobjectoptionalRequired with what: the asking AI.
ticketIdstringoptionalRead one ticket instead of asking: the ticketId a requestCapability answer gave.
whatstringoptionalThe capability, 20 to 600 characters: what it should do, in your own words. Never a pasted message.

Returns

Otherwise the fix and feature ledger answers: "building" with the ticket of the row already covering it (the same ask twice returns the same ticket), or "filed" with a new ticket for one feature row.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

ask The Cloud for a feature
request a capability
is there a tool that does X
file a feature request for my AI
what is the status of my capability ticket

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

Questions

What does requestCapability do?
Ask The Cloud for a capability it may not have yet, and always get an answer back. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use requestCapability from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "ask The Cloud for a feature", and it calls requestCapability.
Is requestCapability safe to let an AI call?
requestCapability changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.