Deploying to the cloud with Arcade Deploy

This guide shows you how to deploy your Server with Arcade Deploy.

Requirements

Python 3.10 or higher
Verify your Python version by running python --version or python3 --version in your terminal.
Arcade : Sign up for an Arcade account if you haven’t already.
Arcade CLI: Install the Arcade CLI

uv

Terminal


uv pip install arcade-mcp

Deploy your MCP Server

Run the deploy command in the directory containing your server.py file:

Terminal


arcade deploy

You should see output like the following:

Terminal


 
Verifying server and extracting metadata...
✓ Server is healthy
✓ Found server: ArcadeMCP v0.1.0
ArcadeMCP v0.1.0 has 3 tools
 
Discovered 1 required secret(s)
 
Required secrets: MY_SECRET_KEY
✓ Secret 'MY_SECRET_KEY' uploaded
 
Creating deployment package...
✓ Package created (1.8 KB)
 
Deploying to Arcade Engine...
✓ Server deployed successfully

List your MCP servers

Run the following command to list your servers:

Terminal


arcade server list

You should see output like the following:

Terminal


┌----------┳----------┳-------------┳---------┳------------┳------------------┓
|          | Cloud    | Engine      |         |            |                  |
| ID       | Deployed | Registered  | Enabled | Host       | Toolkits         |
├----------╇----------╇-------------╇---------╇------------╇------------------┤
| main     | False    | True        | True    | http://wo… | SlackApi, Asana, |
|          |          |             |         |            | BoxApi, Clickup, |
|          |          |             |         |            | ...              |
|          |          |             |         |            | Zendesk, Zoom    |
| mcp_demo | False    | True        | True    |            | Demo             |
└----------┴----------┴-------------┴---------┴------------┴------------------┘

Your Servers are now deployed and registered with the engine and ready to use!

You can go to the dashboard to see your server and its details.