Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, and other AI tools to Anara through MCP (Model Context Protocol). Once connected, your AI tool can search your library, read your files, and ask Anara research questions grounded in your own sources, without leaving the tool you are already in.

Access is read-only: a connected tool can read and ask, but it cannot change, add, or delete anything in your library.

What a connected tool can do

Read your files, notes, and library structure
Run Anara's AI to answer research questions, searching your library and the open web and returning cited answers
Reach the apps you have connected to Anara

Before you start

An Anara account with files in your library
An MCP-compatible AI tool (Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, or any client that supports remote MCP servers)

You sign in through your browser when you connect. There is no client ID or secret to set up, so leave those fields blank if a tool asks for them.

The Anara MCP server URL is: https://anara.com/api/mcp

Connect from Claude Code

In your terminal, run: claude mcp add --transport http anara https://anara.com/api/mcp
Open a new terminal tab and run /mcp
Select anara and choose Authenticate. Your browser opens to a "Connect to Anara" screen.
Review the access and click Allow.

Connect from Claude (desktop or web)

Open Settings > Connectors.
Click Add custom connector.
Name it Anara and enter the URL https://anara.com/api/mcp, then save.
Click Connect, sign in to Anara, and click Allow on the "Connect to Anara" screen.
Turn the Anara connector on in a chat to start using it.

Connect from ChatGPT

Open Settings > Connectors (in a plan that supports custom connectors).
Add a custom connector with the URL https://anara.com/api/mcp.
Complete the browser sign-in and click Allow.
Reference Anara with an @ mention during a chat.

Other MCP clients

Anara exposes a Streamable HTTP MCP server with OAuth 2.1 authentication. Any client that supports remote MCP servers can connect using the URL https://anara.com/api/mcp.

Using an API key (for scripts and command-line tools)

For headless tools that cannot open a browser, you can authenticate with an API key instead of signing in.

Create an API key in your Anara settings. Keys start with anara_.
Send it with each request as Authorization: Bearer anara_... or as the header x-api-key: anara_....

Tools

Tool	What it does
`anara_search_library`	Searches your library and returns source passages you can cite.
`anara_read_document`	Reads full pages from a specific file in your library.
`anara_ask_researcher`	Asks Anara a research question. It searches your library and the web and answers with citations.
`anara_critique_result`	Has Anara review a result or draft and suggest the next improvement, grounded in your library and the web.

Troubleshooting

The connector does not show up. Confirm you entered the URL exactly as https://anara.com/api/mcp and that your tool supports remote MCP servers.
Sign-in did not finish. Disconnect and reconnect the connector to restart the browser sign-in.
The wrong account connected. Sign out of Anara, or use a private browser window, then reconnect and sign in with the account you want.
Tools are missing or calls fail. Reconnect to refresh access.