> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.mentionpilot.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Connect MentionPilot AI visibility data directly to Claude.

<Note>
  The MentionPilot MCP Server is currently available for **Claude (claude.ai)** only. Support for additional AI clients is coming soon.
</Note>

## What is the MentionPilot MCP Server?

The MentionPilot MCP Server exposes your brand's AI visibility data through the **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** — an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude read and reason over live data from external services.

Once connected, you can ask your AI assistant natural-language questions such as:

* *"How visible is my brand on ChatGPT this week?"*
* *"Which competitors are outranking me on Gemini?"*
* *"Give me a weekly summary I can paste into our Slack channel."*

Your assistant calls the MentionPilot MCP tools under the hood and returns real-time answers grounded in your actual data.

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## How it works

```
Claude (claude.ai)  ──►  MentionPilot MCP Server  ──►  MentionPilot API
                         (mcp.mentionpilot.ai)         (app.mentionpilot.ai)
```

1. You connect your AI client to `https://mcp.mentionpilot.ai/mcp` once.
2. The server authenticates you via OAuth — your MentionPilot API key is exchanged securely and never stored client-side.
3. Your assistant discovers the available **tools** and calls them on demand.
4. Results are returned as structured text the assistant can read, summarize, or act on.

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## Supported AI clients

| Client                       | Connection type          | Status      |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------ | ----------- |
| Claude (claude.ai)           | Remote MCP — OAuth       | Available   |
| Cursor                       | Remote MCP — OAuth       | Coming soon |
| Other MCP-compatible clients | Streamable HTTP (`/mcp`) | Coming soon |

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## Protocol details

The server implements the **MCP Streamable HTTP** transport (`2024-11-05`) and supports:

* `initialize` — handshake and capability negotiation
* `tools/list` — returns the full tool catalogue
* `tools/call` — executes a tool with the given arguments
* Batch JSON-RPC requests
* SSE streaming responses (`Accept: text/event-stream`)

Authentication uses **OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code** flow. The resulting access token is your MentionPilot API key, forwarded as a `Bearer` token on every tool call.