Every Respira tool your AI can call on WordPress
234 tools across WordPress core, 12 page builders, WooCommerce, and Advanced Custom Fields. Each one safety-wrapped with snapshots, approvals, and audit logs. Built so AI coding agents and MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and the Respira CLI can operate on any WordPress site without an unsafe raw SQL path.
How this catalog works
Every tool is a discrete AI action
An agent calls one tool per decision. wordpress_update_page, respira_acf_update_field, wordpress_bricks_update_global_class. Names are stable, inputs are typed, outputs are structured. Write once, reuse everywhere.
Every write is safe by default
Writes snapshot the affected post before and after the change, route through the approval queue when the duplicate-before-edit setting is on, and land in an audit log by default. Rollback is a single tool call. Dry-run works on every ACF write.
Every tool has a clear license tier
Reads are free on Lite. Writes are Maker and above. Bulk operations are Builder and above. The plugin enforces each gate independently; the backend issues scopes on the API key based on the plan. No accidental billing surprises.
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# Context & Site Intelligence (4)
Everything an AI agent needs to reason about a WordPress site before acting. Detect the page builder, active plugins, theme, WordPress version, capabilities, and quirks. Reliable site introspection is the foundation every other category builds on.
# Pages (7)
Create, read, duplicate, edit, and delete WordPress pages. Every write is snapshot-backed and honors the duplicate-before-edit safety model so an agent can never permanently break a live page without explicit override.
# Posts (5)
Read and write native WordPress posts with the same safety envelope used for pages. Covers every standard post lifecycle operation.
# Custom Post Types (5)
Read and write any registered custom post type. Essential for themes and plugins that store content in non-default types (testimonials, case studies, products, team members).
# Media (6)
Upload, read, update, delete, and sideload media. Supports alt text, captions, descriptions, and bulk metadata updates.
# Menus (13)
Full menu and menu-item CRUD plus location assignment. Build and modify site navigation programmatically.
# Taxonomies & Terms (7)
Read and write categories, tags, and custom taxonomies. Term creation, hierarchy, and assignment.
# Users (5)
Create, read, update, and delete WordPress users and roles. Respects capability checks.
# Comments (5)
Full comment moderation and management. Read, create, edit, approve, spam, and delete comments.
# Options & Settings (4)
Read and write wp_options. The lowest-level settings store in WordPress. Every plugin and theme setting lives here.
# Plugins (6)
Experimental plugin lifecycle tools: list, install, activate, deactivate, update, delete. Higher-risk operations routed through approval by default.
# Page Builder Core (13)
Cross-builder element operations. Target elements by selector or ID, extract content, inject content, patch pages, find builder-specific targets. The intelligence layer under every builder-native tool.
# Widget Shortcuts (27)
Convenience tools for adding common page-builder widgets (heading, button, image, section, etc.) without needing the full element schema. Accepts natural prompts like "add a hero with title X".
# Elementor Intelligence (7)
Elementor-native tools: widget registry, widget schemas, global colors and typography, design-system introspection, JSON validation, custom JS. Operates on the real Elementor data structures.
# Bricks Intelligence (20)
Bricks Builder-native tools: global classes, color palette, theme styles, typography variables, and the bricks_template component library. Full ACSS awareness.
# Advanced Custom Fields (54)
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) powers flexible content models across approximately 2 million WordPress sites. Respira’s 54 ACF tools cover field reads and writes, field group management, repeater and flexible content operations, options pages, and relationship fields. Every write creates a snapshot and routes through your approval settings, so bulk ACF updates never corrupt a site.
# WooCommerce (21)
Products, variations, categories, tags, orders, stock, and sales reporting. WooCommerce intelligence for storefront automation through AI.
# Audits & Analysis (11)
Read-only diagnostics: SEO audits, AEO (answer-engine optimization), Core Web Vitals, accessibility scans, performance reports, structured-data checks, image analysis, security validation.
# Safety & Approvals (4)
The rollback layer under every write. List snapshots, diff two snapshots, restore from any point. The approval queue for duplicate-before-edit and high-risk writes.
# Theme Docs (1)
Read theme documentation from the site, with builder-aware parsing so the AI gets the actual theme conventions.
# Stock Imagery (1)
Search and sideload stock imagery without leaving the agent loop.
# Other Analysis (8)
Specialized analyzers and diagnostics that do not fit a single builder or content type.
No tools match those filters.
Respira + the official WordPress Abilities API
Respira\u2019s tools and the WordPress Abilities API are complementary, not competing. The Abilities API covers what every WordPress site exposes natively: posts, pages, media, users, taxonomies. Respira extends that with builder-native intelligence for Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Bricks, WPBakery, Beaver, Oxygen, Breakdance, Brizy, Thrive, Flatsome, plus Gutenberg\u2014and wraps every write in the Respira safety model (snapshot, dry-run, approval queue, audit log).
| Capability area | Abilities API + MCP Adapter | Respira |
|---|---|---|
| Core content (posts, pages, media) | Yes | Yes |
| Users and role management | Yes | Yes |
| Taxonomies and terms | Yes | Yes |
| Comments and moderation | Yes | Yes |
| Block (Gutenberg) content | Yes \u2014 native | Yes + builder-native intelligence |
| Elementor page content | Raw JSON only | Full schema, 7 dedicated tools |
| Divi 4 shortcode content | Raw shortcode only | Shortcode pipeline + validation |
| Divi 5 block content | Partial via blocks | Full 60+ module schemas |
| Bricks element tree | Not supported | 20 dedicated tools, ACSS aware |
| WPBakery shortcodes | Not supported | Shortcode intelligence |
| Beaver, Oxygen, Breakdance, Brizy, Thrive, Flatsome | Not supported | Native support, round-trip editing |
| ACF field operations | Core post-meta only | 54 tools: repeaters, flex, options pages, relationships |
| WooCommerce storefront design | Not supported | Storefront intelligence |
| Duplicate-before-edit safety | Plugin-by-plugin | Every write |
| Snapshot + rollback | Plugin-by-plugin | Every site, every write |
| Approval queue | Plugin-by-plugin | Built-in |
Comparison reflects the WordPress 6.9 Abilities API and the current MCP Adapter releases. WordPress 7.0 is expected to extend the core API surface. Respira will continue to register its tools as WordPress Abilities where appropriate so both surfaces benefit from the same underlying capabilities.
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