Claude MCP Connector - Slate Documentation

The Slate MCP connector lets you interact with your Slate workspace directly from Claude. Ask Claude to pull your AI Visibility data, 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 sign-in page.
- If you are already signed in to Slate, Slate sends you straight back to Claude. No confirmation step appears.
- If you are not signed in, sign in to Slate. Slate then sends you back to Claude.
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 most other tools. If you skip this step, the tools return a “No workspace selected” error.

Available tools

The connector groups its tools into toolsets. Claude sees every tool as soon as you connect, so you don’t need to turn toolsets on. Claude’s tool list also shows CMS tools, which this page doesn’t cover.

Workspace and Brand Kit

Tool	What it does
`list_workspaces`	Your workspace memberships
`set_workspace`	Select the active workspace
`get_workspace_overview`	Workspace-level analytics
`get_brand_context`	Brand Kit info (domains, competitors, ICP)
`update_brand_context`	Create or update your Brand Kit

AI Visibility

Tool	What it does
`get_visibility_report`	Mentions, position, visibility, share of voice, and trends
`query_citations`	Citation summary, domains, URLs, and AI response excerpts
`query_sentiment`	Sentiment summary, themes, keywords, and mentions
`list_topics_prompts`	Tracked topics and prompts
`query_pages`	Tracked page metrics from Search Console, GA4, and AI citations
`get_report_payload`	Full report data with insights and recommendations
`get_shared_report`	Public shared report

AI Visibility tracking

Tool	What it does
`manage_topics`	Create, rename, or delete topics
`manage_prompts`	Create, update, delete, activate, or deactivate prompts
`bulk_prompts`	Upload prompts from CSV, run them now (uses credits), or bulk-delete them
`run_tracker`	Run every tracked prompt now (uses credits)

Workflows

Tool	What it does
`list_workflows`	Your workflows, or available templates
`get_workflow`	Workflow details
`resolve_workflow_intent`	Decide whether to create or edit a workflow
`save_workflow`	Create or update a workflow
`create_workflow_from_template`	Create a draft from a template
`publish_workflow`	Publish a workflow for execution
`run_workflow`	Trigger a workflow run
`get_workflow_run`	Check run status and output
`get_block_schema`	Workflow block types and their fields

Sheets

In tool names, a grid is a Sheet in Slate, and a sheet is one tab inside it.

Tool	What it does
`list_grids`	Your grids and their sheets
`create_sheet`	Create a new sheet
`get_sheet`	Sheet columns and a preview of rows
`get_sheet_rows`	Paginated row data
`edit_sheet_rows`	Add or update rows
`manage_sheet_columns`	Add, update, or delete columns
`execute_sheet`	Run or cancel a workflow on a cell, row, or column
`get_sheet_execution_state`	Run progress and failures
`import_csv_to_sheet`	Import CSV text into a grid
`get_sheet_jobs`	Background jobs, such as CSV imports

Recipes

Tool	What it does
`query_recipes`	Your recipes, recipe details, and run status
`save_recipe`	Create or update a recipe
`validate_recipe`	Check a recipe for errors
`publish_recipe`	Publish a runnable recipe version
`run_recipe`	Start a recipe run (uses credits)

Artifacts

Tool	What it does
`query_artifacts`	Search and read artifacts and their share links
`create_artifact`	Create an artifact
`update_artifact`	Update an artifact or revert its last change
`share_artifact`	Create, list, or revoke public share links

Tasks

Tool	What it does
`query_tasks`	Your tasks, task comments, projects, and tags
`save_task`	Create or update a task
`comment_on_task`	Comment on a task

Memory

Tool	What it does
`mind_read`	List or read Memory documents
`mind_grep`	Search Memory documents

Research

Every research tool call uses workspace credits.

Tool	What it does
`web_research`	Scrape a page, search Google, query AI answer engines, or list sitemap URLs
`seo_page_audit`	SEO audit of one URL
`keyword_research`	Keyword metrics and ideas from Semrush
`screenshot_page`	Screenshot of a web page
`competitor_research`	Competitor domain data from Semrush

Publishing

Publishing tools change content on your connected sites.

Tool	What it does
`publish_webflow_item`	Create or update a Webflow CMS item
`publish_wordpress_post`	Create or update a WordPress post, or upload media
`publish_sanity_document`	Create, update, or publish a Sanity document

Integrations

Tool	What it does
`list_connections`	Your integration connections
`connect_integration`	Connect WordPress, Webflow, Sanity, or Google Sheets
`query_webflow`	Webflow sites, collections, fields, and items
`query_sanity`	Sanity content types and documents
`query_google_sheets`	Google spreadsheets and their worksheets

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 draft 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 runs the sheet’s workflow column across all rows. If the sheet has no column for that workflow, Claude can add one first.

Import CSV data into a sheet

Import this CSV into my "Campaign Results" sheet as a new tab:
campaign,clicks,conversions
Spring launch,1200,48
Summer sale,950,31

Claude imports the CSV text into a new tab and reports the import status.

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. AI Visibility tools require an active AI Visibility setup in Slate.

What’s next

AI Visibility 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
Recipes overview — learn about the recipes you can run from Claude

​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

​Workspace and Brand Kit

​AI Visibility

​AI Visibility tracking

​Workflows

​Sheets

​Recipes

​Artifacts

​Tasks

​Memory

​Research

​Publishing

​Integrations

​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

​Import CSV data into a sheet

​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

Workspace and Brand Kit

AI Visibility

AI Visibility tracking

Workflows

Sheets

Recipes

Artifacts

Tasks

Memory

Research

Publishing

Integrations

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

Import CSV data into a sheet

Troubleshooting

”No workspace selected” error

Connection fails

Login does not complete

Tools return empty results

What’s next