Set up and connect

What you need before you start, and the three steps from nothing to a working connection.

Connecting takes about five minutes. With Claude there is no file to edit — you create a token in Notifylyst, paste one URL into Claude, and paste the token once in the browser.

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Before you start

You need	Why
Notifylyst installed on your store	The connector reads from your app; there is nothing to connect to without it.
A plan that includes AI MCP Integration	On a plan without it you can still authorize, but every call is refused with MCP_PLAN_DISABLED. See Error codes.
An AI client that supports remote MCP servers	Claude (web, desktop and mobile) is the one-click path. Clients that take a config file work too — see Other AI clients.

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The three steps

1. Create an access token

In Notifylyst → Settings → Developers → AI connectors (MCP). Choose what it can do and an optional expiry.

2. Connect to Claude

Paste the connector URL, paste the token once in the browser, authorize.

3. Other AI clients

Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, and anything that reads a config file.

Everything you need is printed for you inside the app: Settings → Developers → AI connectors (MCP) shows your store’s Connector URL, and each token’s Copy config action gives you a ready-to-paste config. Copy from there rather than typing from this guide.

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Next

Create an access token — the first step.