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title: "Connect Zentrik MCP in Claude"
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markdown_url: https://zentrik.ai/docs/integrations/mcp-claude.md
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last_reviewed: 2026-07-13
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# Connect Zentrik MCP in Claude

Follow these screens to connect Zentrik MCP in Claude.

## Overview

Use the Zentrik connector from Claude's Connectors Directory when it is available. Until then, an organization admin can add Zentrik as a custom connector with `https://zentrik.ai/mcp`.

## Steps

Claude supports reviewed directory connectors and admin-added custom connectors. Both use the same Zentrik MCP server, OAuth flow, workspace permissions, and tools.

### 1. Open Connectors

Open **Customize → Connectors**, select **+**, then browse connectors. Organization admins can also add a custom connector for their team from the organization connector settings.

### 2. Add the connector

If Zentrik appears in the Connectors Directory, choose **Connect**. Otherwise choose **Add custom connector**, enter **Zentrik**, use `https://zentrik.ai/mcp`, then save it.

### 3. Authenticate

Use the connector's **Authenticate** flow.

### 4. Approve in Zentrik

In Zentrik, choose the workspace for this connection and approve access.

If Claude does not redirect into OAuth right away, wait a few seconds or restart Claude, then try the connector again.

## Use Zentrik in Claude

After authorization, ask Claude a product question naturally. Claude can select Zentrik when the question needs workspace evidence; you do not need to name individual tools.

Start with one of these:

```
What evidence does Zentrik have about onboarding this quarter? Summarize recurring
themes, cite the relevant records, and note important gaps.
```

```
What evidence supports [opportunity or idea]? Separate stored facts from your
inference and note what is missing.
```

For batch imports or unclear metadata, ask Claude to preview the proposed records before creating them. The [MCP use cases](https://zentrik.ai/docs/integrations/mcp-workflows#wf-evidence) page includes a complete starter.

Next:

- [Customer feedback to build-ready specs](https://zentrik.ai/use-cases/customer-feedback-to-specs) for an end-to-end example
- [MCP use cases](https://zentrik.ai/docs/integrations/mcp-workflows)
- [MCP best practices](https://zentrik.ai/docs/integrations/mcp-best-practices)

## Claude Code shortcuts

When Claude Code is signed into the same Claude account, the connected Zentrik server can also appear in `/mcp`.

Full MCP clients can expose Zentrik's guided workflows directly:

- for a new or incomplete workspace, look for `/mcp__zentrik__set_up_product_workspace`
- for recurring evidence capture, look for `/mcp__zentrik__import_product_evidence`
- ask naturally when you do not need a shortcut; the same Zentrik tools remain available

Prompt presentation depends on the MCP client. The connector tools are the reliable cross-client surface.

## Zentrik plugin

The Zentrik Claude plugin adds two focused skills and bundles the same remote connector:

- **Set up a product workspace** reads the current state, routes first-party material to the correct product, context, evidence, and decision surfaces, applies supported changes with approval, and returns a setup receipt.
- **Import product evidence** handles recurring source-by-source evidence capture without turning ingestion into a product decision.

Once the plugin is available to your organization or in Claude's plugin directory, install it from **Customize → Plugins**. Claude can invoke a skill when relevant, or you can choose it from the `/` menu. Existing connections to the same Zentrik endpoint can be reused; the plugin does not contain credentials.

The connector works without the plugin. Install the plugin when you want named setup and import workflows in addition to automatic tool use.

## Troubleshooting

### I cannot add a custom connector

Your Claude organization may restrict custom connectors. Ask an organization admin to add Zentrik, or use the directory listing once it is available.

### Claude did not redirect into auth

Wait a few seconds, then try again. If it still does not trigger the OAuth flow, restart Claude and re-open the connector.

### Claude shows the connector but not the tools

Finish the browser OAuth flow first. The tools appear after the connector is authenticated into a workspace.

### I chose the wrong workspace

Run the auth flow again and choose the correct workspace. Each MCP connection is bound to one workspace at a time.

## Related guides

- [Start with Zentrik MCP](https://zentrik.ai/docs/integrations/mcp-workflows)
- [Use Zentrik MCP well](https://zentrik.ai/docs/integrations/mcp-best-practices)
- [Set up Zentrik in ChatGPT](https://zentrik.ai/docs/integrations/mcp-chatgpt)