Quickstart: Claude + MCP

Time to complete: a few minutes. You do not have to create an API key first unless you want REST or header-based auth.

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets Claude call Unfurl tools in the conversation. Once connected, you can tell Claude to publish a document — and it does it.

Connect

Use any one of these. Full comparison: Connect MCP.

One-command (Claude Code)
Custom connector
API key

In your terminal:

npx unfurl-install --client=claude

Restart Claude Code or open a new session. On first publish, sign in and click Allow.

Copy https://mcp.unfurl.pub/mcp.
In Claude.ai or Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
Paste the URL and save.
On first use, sign in at Unfurl and click Allow.

Claude Desktop JSON equivalent:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unfurl": {
      "url": "https://mcp.unfurl.pub/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop after editing the config file.

Create a key at Dashboard → API keys and copy the oodoc_… secret (shown once).Use it for the REST API, or attach it as a header if your Claude MCP config supports headers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unfurl": {
      "url": "https://mcp.unfurl.pub/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer oodoc_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Publish a document

Ask Claude:

“Create an executive summary for our Q3 results and publish it to Unfurl”

Claude will generate the HTML, call publish_document, and return share_url — the live link to share.

Update it later

“Update the Q3 summary on Unfurl — add a section on customer churn”

For small changes Claude should use edit_document (same share_url). Save the document_id from the first publish so you can point at the right doc.

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Quickstart: Claude + MCP

What is MCP?

Connect

Publish a document

Update it later

What’s next?

Set up MCP in Claude

edit_document

​What is MCP?

​Connect

​Publish a document

​Update it later

​What’s next?

Set up MCP in Claude

edit_document

What is MCP?

Connect

Publish a document

Update it later

What’s next?