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First steps

By this point you should have:

  • EMCP Tools active in WordPress
  • An MCP client (Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, etc.) configured against /wp-json/mcp/emcp-tools-server
  • The client confirming it sees some tools

If any of that’s not true, hop back to Installation or Connecting.

Verify the connection

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In your AI client, ask:

List the available MCP tools.

You should see tool names starting with emcp-tools-, like emcp-tools-list-widgets, emcp-tools-build-page, etc. If you see nothing, the server connected but no tools registered. See No tools appearing.

Try a discovery query

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These are read-only, low-risk:

Use emcp-tools-list-pages to show me every Elementor page on this site.

Use emcp-tools-list-widgets to list all available widget types.

The AI will call the tools and read back the results. If you get back a list of pages or widget types, the plugin is working end-to-end.

Build your first page

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The composite build-page tool is the simplest way to see the plugin do real work. Pick one of the sample prompts in EMCP Tools → Prompts (the “Local Business” one is a good starter), copy it, paste it into your AI client. The AI will call emcp-tools-create-page followed by emcp-tools-build-page and emit a finished Elementor page.

After it finishes, open the page in the WordPress admin and view it in the Elementor editor. You’ll see containers, widgets, and global-style references already wired up.

Inspect what the AI did

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Two follow-up calls to make once a page is built:

Use emcp-tools-get-page-structure to show me the element tree for page ID <N>.

Use emcp-tools-get-element-settings to show me settings for the first heading on that page.

Reading back the structure is the fastest way to learn the data shape, which is useful when you start writing prompts of your own.

Next

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