# MCP Config Generator for Claude, Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Gemini - Kanera

> Generate the exact MCP configuration to connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, VS Code Copilot, or Gemini CLI to Kanera, with OAuth or an API key, hosted or self-hosted.

Canonical page: https://www.kanera.app/tools/mcp-config-generator

Free tool

# MCP config generator. Connect your AI agent to Kanera in one paste.

Pick the client you use and how you want to sign in. The generated configuration matches Kanera's documentation for that client, including where the file lives.

## Client

Where will the agent run? Claude Code Claude.ai / Claude Desktop (connector) Cursor Codex CLI / ChatGPT desktop VS Code / GitHub Copilot Gemini CLI Claude Desktop (local stdio, API key) Run in a terminal

Sign-in Browser sign-in (OAuth) API key

OAuth is recommended: nothing to store, and you can revoke the agent from Profile settings → API keys.

Server name

I self-host Kanera

## Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http kanera --scope user https://mcp.kanera.app/mcp

# then inside Claude Code:
/mcp # select kanera and complete the browser sign-in
claude mcp list # should report Connected Copy
- The client opens Kanera in your browser the first time it connects. Sign in, review the requested access, and choose Allow access. No key to store.

Full walkthrough for this client: [docs / ai-mcp-claude](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-claude). Optional: [install the Kanera agent skill](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-tools) so the agent knows how to use the tools well.

## What connecting over MCP gives you

The Model Context Protocol is the standard way an AI client calls tools in another product. Kanera runs a hosted MCP server at mcp.kanera.app exposing around eighty tools: reading boards, cards, comments, checklists, and activity; searching; querying who is working on what; and, with write access, creating and updating cards, moving them, setting fields, and managing automations.

### OAuth or API key

With OAuth the client opens Kanera in your browser and you approve the agent like any other app. The grant shows up under your API keys and can be revoked in one click. An API key is the fallback for headless environments and for the local stdio server; keep it in an environment variable rather than in a file you might commit.

### Read-only agents

Both paths support read-only credentials. Give an agent that only reports read-only access and it physically cannot change work, whatever it is asked.

## MCP questions

Which AI clients can connect to Kanera? Any client that speaks MCP over HTTP: Claude (web, desktop, and Claude Code), ChatGPT and Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and others. This generator covers the ones Kanera documents step by step.

Do I need an API key? Not for the hosted server. The client opens Kanera in your browser and you approve the agent, the same way you would connect any other app. Use an API key for headless environments or the local stdio server.

Can I stop an agent from making changes? Yes. Create a read-only API key, or approve the OAuth grant with read-only access. A read-only credential cannot call any tool that writes.

Is MCP on the free plan? The MCP server and REST API are part of Kanera Pro and the 30-day trial, and are included when you self-host.

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## Eighty tools, one server, your existing AI.

Kanera ships no chatbot of its own. Bring Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, or Gemini and let it read and update real work through MCP, with read-only credentials when you want them.

[Start free](https://board.kanera.app/signup)[How agents use Kanera](https://www.kanera.app/ai-agents)

No card required, 30-day Pro trial, free plan available after it

## Machine-readable resources

- [Kanera AI index](https://www.kanera.app/llms.txt)
- [Kanera documentation index](https://www.kanera.app/docs/llms.txt)
- [Agent discovery guidance](https://www.kanera.app/agents.md)