Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that operates directly in your terminal. It can understand your entire codebase, execute terminal commands, edit files across your project, and manage git operations. When paired with Railway, Claude Code can deploy your applications, manage environments, check logs, and handle your entire deployment workflow.
Install the Claude Code CLI globally
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-codeGive Claude native access to Railway's API
claude mcp add railway-mcp-server -- npx -y @railway/mcp-serverLaunch Claude Code in your project directory
claudeClaude will deploy railway.com/template/nextjs-ai-chatbot with a database and cache, all wired up automatically
Deploy the Next.js AI Chatbot template with Postgres and Redis“Deploy this project to Railway”
“Add a Postgres database to my project”
“Check the deployment logs and fix any errors”
“Scale my service to 2 vCPUs and 1GB memory”
“Set up a custom domain with SSL for my app”
“Create separate staging and production environments”
“Deploy an AI chatbot with Postgres for history and Redis for rate limiting”
“Set up n8n with Postgres and Redis workers for workflow automation”
“Deploy a Next.js SaaS starter with authentication and Stripe payments”
“Create a high-availability Postgres cluster with read replicas and automatic failover”
Railway Skills extend Claude Code with Railway-specific commands for deploying, managing, and monitoring your projects. View all skills on GitHub →
Install Railway Skills
curl -fsSL railway.com/skills.sh | bashor
npx skills add railwayapp/railway-skillsAvailable commands
/statusCheck Railway project status
/projectsList, switch, and configure projects
/newCreate projects, services, databases
/serviceManage existing services
/deployDeploy local code
/domainManage service domains
/environmentManage config (vars, commands, replicas)
/deploymentManage deployments (list, logs, redeploy, remove)
/databaseAdd Railway databases
/templatesDeploy from marketplace
/metricsQuery resource usage
/railway-docsFetch up-to-date Railway documentation
railway variablesrailway login if neededrailway init to create projectrailway up to deployrailway logsrailway logs to fetch recent logsrailway variablesrailway variables setrailway uprailway domain to add the domainrailway statusrailway link to connect Claude to an existing projectrailway status before deployingInstall the Railway MCP server with claude mcp add railway-mcp-server -- npx -y @railway/mcp-server. This gives Claude native access to Railway's API for deployments, logs, and project management.
Yes! Use railway link in your project directory to connect to an existing Railway project, then Claude can deploy and manage it.
Ask Claude to check your deployment logs with railway logs. Claude will analyze errors, suggest fixes, and can automatically apply them and redeploy.
Claude can't find the Railway CLI
Make sure Railway CLI is installed globally with npm install -g @railway/cli and is in your PATH.
MCP server connection fails
Run claude mcp list to verify the Railway MCP server is installed. Re-add it with claude mcp add railway-mcp-server -- npx -y @railway/mcp-server.
Deploy fails with permission error
Run railway login to re-authenticate, or check that your Railway token has the correct permissions.
Get started in minutes. Railway handles the infrastructure.