How do I use JetBackup's Get Backup Job ability with AI?

Install the Easy MCP AI WordPress plugin alongside JetBackup, connect your AI client, then ask in natural language — for example: "Get the configuration for backup job 7 — what does it back up and which destinations does it send to?"

Get Backup Job is a WordPress ability from JetBackup — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.

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Get Backup Job

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JetBackup Backup & Site Management jetbackup/get-backup-job

Get a single backup job by id.

Requires the JetBackup plugin on WordPress 6.9+ for the Abilities API (abilities are registered only when the wp_register_ability() function exists), and JetBackup's own 'Abilities API' toggle must be turned on under Settings > Security. Every ability is additionally gated by JetBackup's permission callback: the caller must be logged in and hold the WordPress 'manage_options' capability (and be a network admin on multisite), and if JetBackup's MFA is enabled and abilities aren't explicitly allowed to bypass it, the caller must also have passed MFA validation.

What it does

This ability returns the full configuration of a single backup job, identified by its numeric id: name, type, what it contains, next_run and last_run times, whether it's enabled, the destinations it sends backups to, any file/path excludes, its attached schedules with retention counts, schedule_time, job monitor setting, whether databases are excluded, and joined destination_names/schedule_names strings. It fails if no id is provided or if the id doesn't match an existing, non-hidden job. This lets an AI assistant inspect exactly what one backup job is configured to do before recommending changes.

See it in action

You ask your AI assistant

"Get the configuration for backup job 7 — what does it back up and which destinations does it send to?"

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
_id	integer	Yes	ID of the backup job to retrieve. Minimum 1.

Returns

An object with the full job detail: id, name, type, contains, next_run, last_run, enabled flag, unique_id, destinations, excludes, schedules with retain counts, schedule_time, job_monitor, exclude_databases, destination_names, and schedule_names.

Permission

The current user must be logged in and hold the WordPress 'manage_options' capability (network admin on multisite), with JetBackup's Abilities API setting enabled.