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PipMCP

Connect from Claude

Add a PipMCP endpoint to Claude on the web, the desktop app or Claude Code.

The easiest way is the guide on the endpoint page: choose Claude, click Create my link and follow the pictures. The steps are repeated here.

A personal link is the endpoint URL with an access key at the end:

https://mcp.pipmcp.com/<workspace>/<endpoint>/pmcp_your_key

Claude only asks for a URL, so the key travels inside the link. Treat the link like a password. Each link appears under Connection links on the endpoint page, where you can switch it off at any time.

Claude on the web and the desktop app

  1. Click your name in the bottom left, then Settings › Connectors.
  2. Click Add custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner may need to add it under Admin settings first.
  3. Enter a name, paste your personal link into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  4. In a chat, click + (or the tools icon) under the message box and switch the connector on.

The first time Claude uses one of your actions it asks for permission.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http my_api https://mcp.pipmcp.com/<workspace>/<endpoint>/pmcp_your_key

Or keep the key out of the URL and send it as a header:

claude mcp add --transport http my_api https://mcp.pipmcp.com/<workspace>/<endpoint> \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer pmcp_your_key"

my_api is the local name Claude Code uses; any short name works. Run /mcp inside Claude Code to check that the tools are listed. Remove it with claude mcp remove my_api.

Confirmations in Claude

When a tool needs confirmation under your endpoint's policy, clients that support MCP elicitation show a confirmation prompt and the call continues once the user accepts. Otherwise the tool returns CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED with an approval ID; approve it under Executions in the dashboard and ask Claude to run the same action again. See Permissions and risk.

  • Create one link per person or app so you can switch access off individually.
  • Do not paste links into shared documents or commit them to code. If a link leaks, switch it off on the endpoint page and create a new one.

Not working?

  • 401 responses: the link or key is wrong, switched off, expired or belongs to a different endpoint.
  • No tools listed: check that the integration has a published version and that the endpoint's connection is active.

More in Troubleshooting.