en How to Integrate Anthropic Claude Using MCP
Claude AI — messages and vision. This guide creates an MCP server from Arthur's Anthropic (Claude) template — tools preconfigured against https://api.anthropic.com/v1 — and finishes by sharing the server's MCP swagger documentation.
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Open the Secrets vault and create a secret named
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYholding your API key. Get an API key at console.anthropic.com. Note: you must also send the header "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" — add it via the project auth settings after creation.Open the Secrets vault to store the Anthropic (Claude) credential before using the template.
Start the New secret wizard.
Name the secret ANTHROPIC_API_KEY — servers reference it by this name.
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Go to the REST API Templates gallery and search for Anthropic (Claude).
Record what the credential is for so it stays recognizable.
Continue to the protected value step.
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Click Use template on the Anthropic (Claude) card to open the server-creation dialog.
Enter the credential value — a demo value here; use your real key when adopting the integration.
Review the generated secret reference syntax.
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Review the server name and select
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYin the credential field — the dialog only accepts vault secrets, and it lists every tool that will be created.Store the ANTHROPIC_API_KEY secret in the vault.
Open the REST API template gallery.
Search the gallery for the Anthropic (Claude) integration.
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Click Create server. Arthur creates the server, applies the authentication, and generates all the tools.
Open the Anthropic (Claude) template with its preconfigured tools.
Name the server after the integration it provides.
Pick the ANTHROPIC_API_KEY secret from the vault suggestions.
Select the stored credential.
Create the Anthropic (Claude) server with its preconfigured tools.
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Open the server's Tools tab to review the generated tools.
Review the tools generated from the Anthropic (Claude) template.
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Open the server's Connect section and click Share the MCP swagger documentation — Arthur generates the public documentation link and QR code for this server.
Open the server's Connect section, where the MCP endpoint and its documentation live.
Open the MCP swagger documentation share panel.
Show the generated swagger documentation link and QR code for this server.
The server appears with 1 preconfigured tool(s): create_message. The Connect section offers the MCP swagger documentation — a shareable page with setup instructions for any AI client.
- Call Claude AI models directly via the Anthropic API. Supports text, vision (image input), and long-context tasks.
- This integration requires a credential (api-key). Get one at https://console.anthropic.com/.
- Official API documentation: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api
- Editing a tool later never changes the template — templates are starting points, and the server is fully yours after creation.