# Connect Middleout over MCP

> How to bring your company's knowledge to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another MCP-compatible assistant.

Middleout has an **MCP** (Model Context Protocol) server. Once it is connected, your assistant can query your company's memory, ask Middleout questions and record what you learn in the conversation.

The MCP is optional. Middleout has its own platform, with AI included, to ask, investigate and build dashboards and presentations: you do not need a subscription to Claude, ChatGPT or any other provider. Connect the MCP if you already work with an assistant and want to bring your company's knowledge there.

## Before you start

- You need a Middleout account and to be a member of an organization.
- The assistant acts **as you**: it sees exactly what you see in Middleout, no more and no less.
- The connection uses OAuth: you do not copy keys or passwords into the assistant.

## The server address

```
https://mcp.usemiddleout.com/mcp
```

The server uses streamable HTTP. Any client that supports remote MCP servers and OAuth can connect.

## What happens when you connect

1. You add the server address in your assistant (see the steps for each client below).
2. The assistant takes you to Middleout. If you are not signed in, you sign in with your account.
3. Middleout shows you what the assistant will be able to do in your current organization, and you choose **Allow** or **Deny**.
4. You return to the assistant, now connected.

The assistant receives temporary access that renews itself. You can disconnect it whenever you want from **Settings → Connected assistants** in Middleout.

## Claude

In Claude (web or desktop), add a **custom connector** from the connector settings, paste the server address and follow the authorization steps. On team or enterprise plans, an administrator may need to enable custom connectors.

## Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http middleout https://mcp.usemiddleout.com/mcp
```

Then, inside Claude Code, run `/mcp` and choose `middleout` to authorize.

## ChatGPT

In ChatGPT, turn on developer mode in the apps and connectors settings, create a new connector with the server address and authorize. Availability depends on your plan, and on business accounts an administrator may need to enable it.

## Cursor

Add the server to your `mcp.json` file (global in `~/.cursor/mcp.json` or per project in `.cursor/mcp.json`):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "middleout": {
      "url": "https://mcp.usemiddleout.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Cursor will ask you to authorize the first time it uses Middleout.

## Other clients

Any client that supports remote MCP servers over HTTP with OAuth 2.1 (dynamic client registration and PKCE) can connect with the same address.

## Disconnect

In Middleout, go to **Settings → Connected assistants** and choose **Disconnect**. The assistant loses access immediately. It also loses access if you stop being a member of the organization.

## What the assistant can do

See [MCP tools](/docs/mcp-tools) for the full list.