Connect your agent over MCP

GetIntel runs a remote MCP server, so the coding agent you already use can read your topics, AI answers, competitors, sources and tasks, and act on them in your real codebase.

There are two ways to connect: by URL, with sign-in, for clients that support it; or with a token, for clients that don’t, or for scripts.

1. Connect by URL (recommended)

If your client supports remote MCP with sign-in (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code), add the server URL with no token:

https://app.getintel.ai/mcp

The client sends you to GetIntel to sign in, then to an approval page:

1. Brand. If your account has one brand, GetIntel picks it automatically. With several, you choose which one this connection can see.
2. What can it do? Reading is always allowed. Tick Also allow actions if this agent should update tasks, plan your week and re-run the technical scan.
3. Click Connect.

The client gets an access token that lasts 2 hours and refreshes itself automatically, on the same brand, for as long as it’s connected. One connection sees one brand; connect again for another client.

Note

In GetIntel, the Agent page shows the Claude.ai / ChatGPT (URL) tab first. Client-specific steps are on each client’s page, starting with Claude.ai and ChatGPT.

2. Or use a token

Use a token for a client without MCP sign-in support, or for a script calling the API directly.

1. In GetIntel, open the Agent page (or Integrations, then the agent card).
2. Choose whether this agent may take actions as well as read. Leave it off for a read-only token.
3. Click generate and copy the token now. It is shown once.

Note

A token is bound to the brand you had selected when you created it. Agencies create one token per client brand.

Add GetIntel to your client with a token

GetIntel shows the setup for each client under Connect your agent, ready to copy:

Replace YOUR_TOKEN with the token you copied. Every client talks to the same endpoint:

https://app.getintel.ai/mcp

• Claude Code uses its native HTTP transport. Run the command in your project, then run /mcp to confirm.
• Cursor reads ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Enable getintel under Settings → MCP afterwards.
• Codex CLI reads ~/.codex/config.toml and bridges through mcp-remote, because Codex speaks stdio.
• Claude Desktop: open Settings → Developer → Edit Config, paste, then restart Claude. It can read your data but cannot open pull requests.
• Any other client can call the endpoint directly: Streamable HTTP with JSON-RPC 2.0.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http getintel https://app.getintel.ai/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "getintel": {
      "url": "https://app.getintel.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Codex CLI

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.getintel]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://app.getintel.ai/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"]

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "getintel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://app.getintel.ai/mcp",
        "--header", "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"]
    }
  }
}

HTTP

curl -s https://app.getintel.ai/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Step-by-step guides per client

Setup pages with every detail: Claude.ai and ChatGPT · Claude Code · Cursor · Codex CLI · Claude Desktop · VS Code · Windsurf · Gemini CLI · Other clients

Limits

MCP reads count against a monthly quota on your plan: 10,000 on Monitor, 50,000 on Pro and 200,000 on Growth. A read-only connection only lists the read tools; the action tools appear only once you’ve ticked action access, at approval for a URL connection or when generating a token.