How it works

From “something’s wrong with my site” to fixed — with you in charge

A small agent on the server your site runs on lets Mellonbot’s AI look into problems when you ask. It digs into the site and the server, explains the real cause in everyday words and has the fix ready.

The AI does the thinking. Fixed rules and your approval limit the doing.

Connect

Run one command on your server. A small agent installs itself and only ever connects out — Mellonbot never asks for your login.

Investigate

Mellonbot’s AI doesn’t stop at “disk full”. It asks follow-up questions and checks each answer until it knows the real cause and a safe fix.

AI investigating · disk full

What’s using the space?
21 GB in one folder — old backups from a plugin.
Why does it keep growing?
The plugin saves a copy every night and never deletes any.
Is it safe to remove them?
Yes — they’re older copies of the same site. The five newest are plenty.

Root cause: a backup plugin kept every copy for three years and filled the disk — new orders can’t be saved.

Fix

You approve, and Mellonbot backs up, applies the fix and checks it worked. Every command is signed and reviewed first, and nothing that changes your server runs without your OK.

01 /The big picture

One small agent, one outbound connection

After setup, Mellonbot doesn’t log in to your server. A tiny agent does the checking and only talks to Mellonbot, which talks to you.

no inbound ports

Your server

mellonbot-agent

Every command checked

one outbound connection

Mellonbot

Its AI investigates what the agent sees and works out the real cause

findings & approvals

You

Read what’s wrong, approve fixes, see every command

The agent only ever connects out to Mellonbot — no firewall changes, and servers behind NAT work too.

02 /Connect

Four ways to connect your server

Comfortable with a terminal? It’s one command. Not your thing? Pick an easier route — including letting someone else do it. You confirm you’re allowed to manage the server first.

your server · terminal

$ curl -fsSL https://…/install | sudo sh -s -- mbi_…

Installing mellonbot-agent…

✓ Agent installed

✓ Connected to Mellonbot — outbound only

First check starts now.

03 /The agent

Small, checked and easy to remove

The agent is the only part of Mellonbot on your server. It runs only commands Mellonbot signed for that server, after a second AI has reviewed them. Commands that only look run on their own; anything that changes your server waits for your OK. Try it.

$ mellonbot status

account: root, or your user on shared hosting · every command reviewed
network: ● outbound only · 0 open ports
commands: signed + reviewed first
updates: automatic · signed
offline: flagged, with reinstall steps
remove: mellonbot uninstall, or delete the WordPress plugin

requests

Ask the agent something below…

Ask the agent to…

04 /Check & investigate

It reads, then it thinks

A check only reads. A quick check covers the essentials; a full check looks at everything. When something’s wrong, Mellonbot’s AI doesn’t stop at the symptom — it asks follow-up questions, reads the logs and recent changes, and works out the real cause: what’s wrong, why it happened and what will fix it for good.

Prefer the details? Flip any finding to the technical view for the exact output and commands.

Schedule checks nightly and Mellonbot compares with last time — you only get an email when something is new, worse, critical or down.

What gets checked

Disk space(included)
Services(included)
Certificates(included)
Updates(included)
Security(included)
SSH settings(included)
Docker(included)
Databases(included)
Memory & CPU(included)
Scheduled jobs(included)
Config errors(included)
Downtime(included)

finding · shop-02

Your disk is almost full (91%)

Old log files are taking up most of the space. When the disk fills up, your site can’t save orders or uploads.

Suggested fix: clear old logs — frees about 6 GB, no downtime, can be undone.

Nightly checks this week

Monno change, no email
Tueno change, no email
Wedno change, no email
Thunew issue, email sent
Frino change, no email
Satno change, no email
Sunno change, no email

Checked every night. One email all week — on Thursday, when something new turned up.

05 /A fix

You approve, Mellonbot does it carefully

Every fix shows what it will change and why, in plain words — before anything runs.

Once you approve, Mellonbot backs up the files it edits, runs one command at a time and checks it worked. Every change comes with how to undo it.

Commands that only look run on their own. See what needs your OK.

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