# AI assistants over MCP, a refreshed app, and variable-bound controls

Source: https://www.jawsdeploy.net/changelog/ai-assistants-mcp-and-variable-controls

Connect Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex to Jaws over the Model Context Protocol — using the AI subscription you already have. Plus a refreshed app layout, variable-bound step controls, and encrypted variable values.

## What's new

This release makes Jaws AI-native. Jaws now ships a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, so you can point Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex Desktop, or Codex CLI at your workspace and let the AI create projects, assemble deployment pipelines from your step templates, author new templates, set variables, and read deployment logs on your behalf. You pay your AI provider once — we don't resell tokens and we don't lock you to a model.

Getting connected is a two-step flow from **Settings → AI assistants**: pick a workspace, click your client, and copy the ready-to-paste config. Cursor even gets a one-click install link. Under the hood Jaws provisions a scoped service account, so every AI action is permission-checked and shows up in your audit log. Deploys stay safe by design — triggering is split into a dry-run preview and a token-gated trigger, and secret-typed variables are never read or written through the AI.

This release also refreshes the app with a new layout and updated styling, lets you bind step controls directly to variables — checkboxes, numbers, and dropdowns now resolve from your variable sets — and encrypts variable values at rest.

See the [MCP feature overview](https://www.jawsdeploy.net/features/mcp) or follow the [3-minute quickstart](https://www.jawsdeploy.net/guides/mcp-quickstart) to connect your first client.

### Highlights

Built-in MCP server with read, write, and deploy tools. One-click AI-client setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex Desktop, and Codex CLI. Refreshed app layout and styling. Step controls bound to variables, including checkboxes, numbers, and dropdowns. Encrypted variable values at rest.