Capabilities

Each capability turns on with one command in a folder connected by npx scribase init:

Terminal

npx scribase add <name>        # prints the proof, for example the id of the email it sent
npx scribase add --list        # what can be added

Coding agents use the MCP tools capabilities.add and capabilities.status, which return {slot, live, proof: {kind, id, at}}. When a capability needs a provider credential (your own mail server), the answer is a console link: the person enters the credential on that page. No secret is printed, written to .env or passed through chat.

Live

Live capabilities work today and are covered by a compatibility test.

Name	Capability	What you get
`email`	Email	Sign-up, magic-link and password-reset email for your app's users, sent by Scribase with a daily cap and a delivery log, or through your own mail server.

Arriving

Arriving capabilities are planned. scribase add refuses them with a plain message until they are live.

Name	Capability	What you get
`ai`	AI gateway	One key for AI model calls from your app, with usage per project.
`analytics`	Analytics	Privacy-friendly visits, events, product analytics and page speed for the app that uses this backend, through Railyard.
`billing`	Payments	Sell your own products and subscriptions and turn payments into entitlements in your database.
`consent`	Consent banner	A cookie and tracking consent banner for your app, with choices stored per visitor.
`deploy`	Deploy	Deploy the app that uses this backend with Railyard, with the project URL and keys wired in for you.
`entitlements`	In-app purchases	Know who paid inside your iOS and Android app: store purchases become entitlements your app and your database both read.
`errors`	Error tracking	Errors from your app, grouped into issues with their stack traces. Use the Sentry SDK you already know with the DSN Scribase gives you.
`flags`	Feature flags	Turn features on for some users and change remote settings without shipping a new build.
`launch-video`	Launch video	One click sends this project's name and URL to Menivor, which starts a short video about your app with them filled in.
`links`	App links	Links that open your app on the right screen on iOS and Android, including right after install, with clicks counted.
`mail`	Product email	Transactional and product email for your app through Rally Send, from your own domain, with delivery and bounce events.
`ota`	Over-the-air updates	Ship JavaScript changes to your installed iOS and Android app on its next launch, with one-click roll back, stored in this project.
`purchases`	Purchases	Subscriptions for your app without a third-party service: App Store, Google Play and web purchases checked on the server, entitlements, remote paywalls with experiments, and revenue analytics.
`push`	Push notifications	Send push notifications to your app's users on iOS and Android through the Expo push service, with dead devices removed for you.
`schedules`	Schedules	Run SQL or a function on a timer with pg_cron. Jobs still run while the project sleeps, and every run is logged.
`storage-s3`	S3 protocol for Storage	Access keys for your project's buckets, so standard S3 tools can list, upload and download files.
`uptime`	Uptime checks	Checks that your app's URLs answer, with an alert when one stops.