Click a button in your dashboard, drop a file in your project folder, and you're good to go. Create emails, update plugins, manage DNS, build pages. Your AI already knows how.
The file handles the hard part. Just tell your AI what you need.
Log in to your dashboard and hit the Bring to Local button. Your config file downloads right away with all your credentials already filled in.
Save it anywhere on your computer and rename it to CLAUDE.md. It has your server credentials, SSH key setup, and every command your AI will need.
Open Claude Code in that folder and ask for what you want. "Create an email account." "Update all my plugins." "Add a DNS record." The file already taught your AI how to do all of it.
Your server details are already filled in. It works the second you download it.
Your DirectAdmin login, SSH hostname, port, username, and password. Already filled in. You never have to look anything up.
Walk-through for generating and uploading an SSH key. After the first setup, your AI connects to the server without asking for a password.
Every WP-CLI command your AI will reach for. Plugins, themes, users, database queries, search-replace, maintenance mode, and WooCommerce.
Every DA API endpoint with working examples. Email, DNS, databases, file manager, SSL, cron jobs, subdomains, backups. Copy-paste ready.
Commands for creating mailboxes, setting up forwarders, adding MX records, configuring SPF and DKIM, and managing your DNS. Ready to run.
Links to DirectAdmin docs, WP-CLI handbook, WooCommerce REST API, and LiteSpeed Cache docs. When your AI needs more detail, it knows where to look.
It's a plain markdown file. If your AI tool can read project context, it'll understand it.
Downloaded your file? Here's how to connect.
Navigate to the folder where you saved the file, then run one of these:
claudeCopycodexCopygeminiCopyOpen the folder in your editorCopyI have a hosting account for managed through EasWrk (DirectAdmin). The CLAUDE.md file in this directory contains all the SSH credentials, server details, and DA API commands I need. Please read it and connect to my server. Start by listing the files in public_html to confirm the connection works, then tell me what you see on the site. IMPORTANT SAFETY RULE: Before editing or overwriting ANY file, you MUST create a backup copy first (e.g. cp filename.php filename.php.bak). This applies to every file — PHP, HTML, CSS, .htaccess, wp-config.php, theme files, plugin files, everything. Never skip this step. If something goes wrong, I need to be able to restore the original.
Copy promptThe prompt above includes safety rules that tell your AI to:
Bring to Local is ready from day one. No credit card needed to start.