Connecting an AI assistant (MCP)
MCP lets an AI assistant or agent use Amdahl on your behalf. You connect it once and approve it in your browser. There is no key to copy.
MCP for agents, REST for scripts
MCP is the path for AI agent clients, Claude, Cursor, and the like. If you are wiring up a plain script or a backend service instead, you want the REST API with an API key. This page covers the agent path.
MCP works with many clients
MCP is an open standard, not a single product. Amdahl works with any MCP client, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, and custom agents you build yourself. The steps below use Claude as one example. Other clients follow the same idea: point them at the Amdahl server URL and approve access.
Connect in the Claude UI (no key needed)
Claude signs in to your workspace over OAuth. This works in the Claude web app and Claude Desktop. Both expose Settings, then Connectors.
- Open Claude and go to Settings, then Connectors (claude.ai/customize/connectors).
- Click Add custom connector.
- Name it Amdahl and set the URL to
https://app.amdahl.co/mcp. - Click Connect, then Configure.
- Sign in to Amdahl when prompted, then choose this workspace.
The assistant only sees the workspace you choose, and only what your own account can do there. New to Amdahl? Sign in first at console.amdahl.co, join your team's workspace or get added by an admin (see Create or join a workspace), then come back and connect.
Full walkthroughs
The Amdahl cookbook has step-by-step setup guides for Claude and other clients, plus example agents you can copy.
Good to know
- No key to manage. Approval happens in the browser. The assistant holds a short-lived token, not your password.
- You are always in control. The assistant can only do what your account is allowed to do.