Claude MCP Connector

The Slate MCP connector lets you interact with your Slate workspace directly from Claude. Ask Claude to pull your AI search analytics, trigger workflows, manage sheet data, and more — all through natural language.

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude connect to external tools and data sources. The Slate MCP connector exposes your workspace data as tools that Claude can call on your behalf.

Prerequisites

A Slate account with an active workspace
A Claude account (claude.ai) or Claude Desktop installed on your machine

Setup

Step 1: Open connector settings

Claude Web App
Claude Desktop

Go to Settings → Connectors.

Step 2: Add the Slate connector

Click Add custom connector.
Enter the following details:
- URL: https://api.slatehq.ai/slate-mcp-server/mcp
- Client ID: slate-mcp-claude-connector
- Client Secret: your client secret. Contact support to get the client secret for your organization.
Click Add.

Step 3: Connect and authenticate

Go to the connector you just added and click Connect.
Claude opens the Slate login page.
- If you are already logged into Slate, it asks you to confirm and redirects you back to Claude.
- If you are not logged in, enter your Slate username and password to sign in.
After authentication, the connector is active and ready to use.

Step 4: Select your workspace

Start a new conversation in Claude and ask it to list your workspaces:

List my Slate workspaces

Claude shows your available workspaces. Then tell Claude which workspace to use:

Set my workspace to [workspace name or ID]

All subsequent requests use the selected workspace.

You must select a workspace before using analytics, workflow, or sheet tools. If you skip this step, Claude will prompt you to select one.

Available tools

The connector exposes tools across four categories.

LLM Search

Query your AI search visibility data directly in Claude.

Tool	What it does
`get_overview_summary`	KPIs: mentions, position, visibility, share of voice
`get_overview_trends`	Time-series trends with competitor comparison
`get_citation_summary`	Citation counts by category (owned, competitor, social)
`get_citation_domains`	Domains citing your brand
`get_citation_urls`	Specific URLs citing your brand
`get_citation_urls_for_domain`	Drill into citations from a single domain
`get_citation_responses`	AI response excerpts for a specific URL
`get_sentiment_summary`	Overall sentiment breakdown (positive, neutral, negative)
`get_sentiment_by_brand`	Sentiment compared to competitors
`get_sentiment_themes`	Theme clusters (e.g., “product quality”, “pricing”)
`get_sentiment_theme_keywords`	Keywords within sentiment themes
`get_sentiment_mentions`	Individual mention excerpts
`list_topics`	Topics and keywords being tracked
`list_prompts`	Prompts mentioning your brand
`get_prompt_details`	Full details for a specific prompt
`list_tracked_pages`	Owned pages being monitored
`get_page_summary`	Page-level search and AI metrics
`get_page_timeseries`	Daily performance trends for a page
`get_page_citations`	Prompt citations for a specific page

Workspace and reports

Tool	What it does
`list_workspaces`	Your workspace memberships
`set_workspace`	Select the active workspace
`get_workspace_overview`	Workspace-level aggregates
`get_brand_context`	Brand info (domains, competitors, ICP)
`get_report_payload`	Full report data
`get_shared_report`	Public shared report

Workflows

Discover, create, and run workflows without leaving Claude.

Tool	What it does
`list_workflows`	Your workflows
`get_workflow`	Workflow details
`list_workflow_templates`	Available templates
`create_workflow`	Create a workflow from scratch
`create_workflow_from_template`	Create from a template
`publish_workflow`	Publish a workflow for execution
`run_workflow`	Trigger a workflow run
`get_workflow_run`	Check run status and output

Sheets

Read and manage your Slate sheets data.

Tool	What it does
`list_grids`	Your grids
`list_sheets`	Sheets in a grid
`get_sheet`	Sheet structure and sample rows
`create_sheet`	Create a new sheet
`add_sheet_column`	Add a typed column
`get_sheet_rows`	Paginated row data
`add_sheet_rows`	Insert new rows
`update_sheet_rows`	Update existing rows
`execute_workflow_on_sheet`	Run a workflow on sheet rows
`execute_sequence_on_sheet`	Run workflows sequentially on rows
`configure_auto_run`	Auto-execute a workflow on new rows
`download_sheet_csv`	Export a grid as CSV

Sample use cases

Here are practical examples you can try after connecting.

Weekly AI visibility report

Summarize my AI search visibility for the past 7 days.
Show me the top cited domains and any sentiment shifts compared to last week.

Claude pulls your overview metrics, top citing domains, and sentiment data to build a consolidated report.

Competitor citation analysis

Which competitors are getting cited more than us?
Break it down by domain and show the actual AI responses mentioning them.

Claude compares your brand citations against competitors and shows the relevant AI response excerpts.

Monitor brand sentiment by theme

What are the main sentiment themes for my brand?
Show me the negative mentions under the "pricing" theme.

Claude surfaces your sentiment themes and drills into specific negative feedback.

Run a content workflow

Show me my available workflows.
Run the "SEO Blog Generator" workflow with the input domain "example.com".

Claude lists your workflows, triggers the one you choose, and returns the results when the run completes.

Create a workflow from a template

List the available workflow templates.
Create a new workflow from the "Keyword Research" template.

Claude shows available templates and creates a new workflow you can customize.

Bulk update sheet data

Show me the rows in my "Content Calendar" sheet.
Update the status column to "Published" for rows 1 through 5.

Claude displays your sheet data and updates the specified rows.

Run a workflow across sheet rows

Run my "Meta Description Generator" workflow on all rows in the "Blog Posts" sheet.

Claude triggers the workflow for each row in the sheet.

Export data for a presentation

Download my "Campaign Results" grid as a CSV file.

Claude exports the grid and provides the CSV download.

Troubleshooting

”No workspace selected” error

Ask Claude to list your workspaces and select one before using other tools.

Connection fails

Verify the URL is exactly https://api.slatehq.ai/slate-mcp-server/mcp.
Check that the client ID and client secret are entered correctly.
Check your internet connection.

Make sure pop-ups are not blocked in your browser.
Try clearing your browser cookies for slatehq.ai and reconnecting.
Confirm your Slate account is active.

Tools return empty results

Verify you have data in the selected workspace. Some tools (like analytics) require an active LLM Search setup in Slate.

What’s next

LLM Search overview — set up tracking before querying analytics via MCP
Workflows overview — learn how to build workflows you can trigger from Claude
Sheets overview — understand grids and sheets before managing data via MCP

Getting Started

Cowork

Insights

Work

Automate

Assets

Integrations

What is MCP?

Prerequisites

Setup

Step 1: Open connector settings

Step 2: Add the Slate connector

Step 3: Connect and authenticate

Step 4: Select your workspace

Available tools

LLM Search

Workspace and reports

Workflows

Sheets

Sample use cases

Weekly AI visibility report

Competitor citation analysis

Monitor brand sentiment by theme

Run a content workflow

Create a workflow from a template

Bulk update sheet data

Run a workflow across sheet rows

Export data for a presentation

Troubleshooting

”No workspace selected” error

Connection fails

Tools return empty results

What’s next

​What is MCP?

​Prerequisites

​Setup

​Step 1: Open connector settings

​Step 2: Add the Slate connector

​Step 3: Connect and authenticate

​Step 4: Select your workspace

​Available tools

​LLM Search

​Workspace and reports

​Workflows

​Sheets

​Sample use cases

​Weekly AI visibility report

​Competitor citation analysis

​Monitor brand sentiment by theme

​Run a content workflow

​Create a workflow from a template

​Bulk update sheet data

​Run a workflow across sheet rows

​Export data for a presentation

​Troubleshooting

​”No workspace selected” error

​Connection fails

​Login does not complete

​Tools return empty results

​What’s next

What is MCP?

Prerequisites

Setup

Step 1: Open connector settings

Step 2: Add the Slate connector

Step 3: Connect and authenticate

Step 4: Select your workspace

Available tools

LLM Search

Workspace and reports

Workflows

Sheets

Sample use cases

Weekly AI visibility report

Competitor citation analysis

Monitor brand sentiment by theme

Run a content workflow

Create a workflow from a template

Bulk update sheet data

Run a workflow across sheet rows

Export data for a presentation

Troubleshooting

”No workspace selected” error

Connection fails

Login does not complete

Tools return empty results

What’s next