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2. Connect CorpusIQ to Claude

CorpusIQ runs as an MCP server — a standard way for AI assistants to talk to outside data. Claude Desktop has built-in MCP support, so this takes about two minutes.

Prerequisites

  • A CorpusIQ account (step 1).
  • Claude Desktop installed (free download from anthropic.com). The browser version of Claude does not currently support MCP connectors.

Steps

  1. In CorpusIQ, open Settings → Integrations → Claude Desktop. Copy the MCP configuration block we generate for you. It contains your personal API token — don't share it.
  2. Open Claude Desktop. Click your name → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. This opens claude_desktop_config.json in your editor.
  3. Paste the block from CorpusIQ into the mcpServers section. If the file was empty, just paste the whole thing.
  4. Save the file and fully quit Claude Desktop (not just close the window — quit it from the menu bar).
  5. Reopen Claude. You should see a small plug/tools icon near the message box indicating MCP tools are available.

Verify it's working

In Claude, type:

What CorpusIQ connectors do I have configured?

You should get back a status table listing every connector — most marked "Not connected" since you haven't authenticated any yet. That's expected.

Next

4. Authenticate your first connector →

Trouble?

  • Claude doesn't show the tools icon → see Claude can't see CorpusIQ.
  • "Invalid JSON" error → the config block must be valid JSON; re-copy from CorpusIQ instead of hand-editing.

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