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Connectors sync across Claude. Setting this up in the desktop app also enables it in Claude Web, and vice versa — you only need to do it once.

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Prerequisites

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Claude desktop app

Download Claude for Mac or Windows

Control Plane account

Sign up at console.cpln.io if you don’t have an account yet

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Add the MCP server

1

Open Connector settings

Open claude://claude.ai/customize/connectors to jump directly to the Connectors page in the desktop app.
If the link doesn’t open the app, navigate manually: Settings → Connectors → Customize.
2

Add a Custom Connector

Click the + button, then Add custom connector, and fill in:
FieldValue
NameControl Plane
Remote MCP server URLhttps://mcp.cpln.io/mcp
Connecting to the bare URL uses the default core toolset profile — a focused set that already covers the whole build-and-operate workflow (it can read and delete any resource kind generically, and reach anything else through the raw-API tool), which is the right fit for this client. Append ?toolsets=mk8s to add BYOK Kubernetes tools, or ?toolsets=full for everything. See toolset profiles.
Click Add.
3

Connect

On the new Control Plane connector card, click Connect. Claude opens your default browser for sign-in.
  1. Sign in to Control Plane (Google, GitHub, Microsoft, or SAML).
  2. Select the orgs you want Claude to access.
  3. Click Authorize.
Return to the Claude app — the connector shows as Connected.
4

Use it

Start a new chat. The Control Plane tools are available — ask Claude to “list GVCs in org <your-org>” (using one of the orgs you authorized) to confirm.
For the latest connector setup details, see Anthropic’s Custom Connectors documentation.

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Example conversation

1

Set Context

Use org "my-org" and gvc "my-gvc" for context.
2

Deploy a Workload

Create a publicly accessible workload called "my-api" using nginx:latest on port 80.
3

Get the Endpoint

Monitor the readiness of my-api and give me the public endpoint once it's ready.

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Troubleshooting

Make sure a default browser is set in your OS. Re-trigger sign-in by removing the connector and adding it again.
Open claude://claude.ai/customize/connectors (or Settings → Connectors → Customize), disconnect the Control Plane connector, then click Connect again. Sign in and adjust your org selections on the consent screen.

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Next steps

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