Connectors sync across Claude. Enabling this on claude.ai also enables it in the Claude desktop app, and vice versa, so you only need to do it once.
Prerequisites
Claude.ai account
Sign in at claude.ai
Control Plane account
Sign up at console.cpln.io if you don’t have an account yet
Enable the Control Plane connector
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Open the Control Plane listing
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Connect to Claude
Click Connect to Claude. Claude opens a new tab for sign-in.
- Sign in to Control Plane (Google, GitHub, Microsoft, or SAML).
- Select the orgs you want claude.ai to access.
- Click Authorize.
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Use it
Open a new chat. The Control Plane tools are now available. Ask Claude to “list GVCs in org
<your-org>” (using one of the orgs you authorized) to confirm.The listing is fixed on the default
core toolset profile and takes no query parameter of its own. Use the custom connector below for mk8s or full. See toolset profiles.Custom connector for the mk8s or full toolset
Add Control Plane as a custom connector instead
Add Control Plane as a custom connector instead
Use this route when you need BYOK Kubernetes tools or the complete administrative surface, or when your workspace hides the connector directory.
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Add a Custom Connector
Go to Settings → Connectors under Customize, click the + button, then Add custom connector, and fill in:
Use
https://mcp.cpln.io/mcp?toolsets=mk8s for core plus the BYOK Kubernetes tools, or https://mcp.cpln.io/mcp?toolsets=readonly for an assistant that cannot change a live resource.Click Add.2
Connect
On the new Control Plane connector card, click Connect, sign in to Control Plane, select your orgs, and click Authorize.
For the latest connector setup details, see Anthropic’s Connectors documentation.
Example conversation
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Set Context
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Deploy a Workload
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Get the Endpoint
Troubleshooting
Control Plane doesn't appear in the connector directory
Control Plane doesn't appear in the connector directory
Owners on Team and Enterprise plans choose which connectors are enabled for the whole organization under Organization settings → Connectors, and Enterprise custom roles can narrow that further per role. Ask your administrator to enable Control Plane, or add it as a custom connector using the steps above.
A tool you expected isn't available
A tool you expected isn't available
A profile is fixed for the life of a connection, so reconnect on a wider one: add Control Plane as a custom connector on
?toolsets=full using the steps above.Next steps
Usage Examples
Practical prompts for common Control Plane workflows
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