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You can connect Conductor to Claude in three ways: install Conductor’s connector from Claude’s directory, configure a custom connector pointed at Conductor’s MCP server, or register the server from the terminal with the Claude Code CLI. The directory connector is the faster setup; a custom connector takes a few more steps. Use the CLI when you can’t or don’t want to connect through the Claude apps.
One setup covers every Claude surface. However you connect, Conductor follows your Claude account—so it’s available in the Claude apps (web, desktop, and mobile), in Claude Cowork, and in Claude Code. You don’t need to configure each one separately. The one exception to this is if you choose to install the MCP through the Claude Code CLI. Doing so installs the connector only for the Claude Code CLI.

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Available tools

Conductor’s directory connector and custom connections both include the current set of tools:
  • tracked_configs
  • ai_brand_insights
  • ai_citation_insights
  • keyword_insights
  • ai_query_fan_out_insights
Traditional search data—keyword rankings, seasonality, SERP result types, and competitive rankings—is available through keyword_insights. Learn more about the data you can access through these tools.

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Configure Conductor for Claude

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Verify your Claude plan and permissions

Custom connectors using remote MCP are available on Claude, Cowork, and Claude Code for users on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.(Anthropic’s documentation indicates that Free users can add custom connections, but are limited to one custom connector. However, Conductor did not find that this was possible.)From Anthropic:
While anyone can build and host connectors using remote MCP, only Owners can add them to Team and Enterprise plans. Once a connector has been added to a Team or Enterprise organization, users individually connect to and enable that connector. This ensures that Claude can only access tools and data that the individual user has access to.

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Configure your custom connector

For more context, you can review Anthropic’s article about configuring custom connectors. However, we will provide all necessary instructions here:

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For Team and Enterprise plans

Prerequisite steps for ownersBefore members of Team and Enterprise plans can configure custom connectors, an Owner or Primary Owner needs to perform the following steps to add a custom connector to your organization.
  1. Go to Claude.
  2. Go to Organization settings > Connectors.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Hover over Custom, then select Web.
  5. Complete the form as follows:
    • Name: Conductor
    • Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp-universal.conductor.com/mcp/v3
  6. Click Advanced settings and complete:
    • OAuth Client ID: 4fhi7qah4mg0fane9gp9s3i6i5
    • OAuth Client Secret: [leave blank]
  7. Click Add. Anthropic will process your information, and you will be redirected to a Conductor authentication screen.
  8. Authenticate using your Conductor credentials.
Steps for other users adding the connector after prerequisite configuration
  1. Go to Claude.
  2. Go to Customize > Connectors.
  3. Find the Conductor connector your Owner added in the list. It carries a Custom label.
  4. Click Connect. You will be redirected to a Conductor authentication screen.
  5. Authenticate using your Conductor credentials.

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For Pro and Max plans

  1. Go to Claude.
  2. Go to Customize > Connectors.
  3. In the top-right of the Connectors window, click the Add, and then select Add custom connector.
  4. Complete the form as follows:
    • Name: Conductor
    • Remote MCP server URL: https://mcp-universal.conductor.com/mcp/v3
  5. Click Advanced settings and complete:
    • OAuth Client ID: 4fhi7qah4mg0fane9gp9s3i6i5
    • OAuth Client Secret: [leave blank]
  6. Click Add. Anthropic will process your information, and you will be redirected to a Conductor authentication screen.
  7. Authenticate using your Conductor credentials.
Set Up Claude For Pro
Conductor is listed in Claude’s connector directory. This is the fastest path—there’s no server URL or OAuth client ID to copy. You can browse the directory in Claude on the web, in the desktop app, and on iOS and Android.Once you connect, Conductor is available across your Claude account, including Claude Cowork and Claude Code.
Anthropic lets organizations control which connectors their members can install. On Team and Enterprise plans, an Owner or Primary Owner must add Conductor to the organization before members can connect to it.For more information about browsing and enabling connectors, refer to Anthropic’s documentation.

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For Team and Enterprise plans

Prerequisite steps for owners
  1. Go to Claude.
  2. Go to Organization settings > Connectors.
  3. At the bottom of the page, click Browse connectors.
  4. Search for and select Conductor MCP.
  5. Click Add to your team.
Steps for other users adding the connector after prerequisite configuration
  1. Go to Claude.
  2. Go to Customize > Connectors.
  3. Find the Conductor connector your Owner added and click Connect. You will be redirected to a Conductor authentication screen.
  4. Authenticate using your Conductor credentials.

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For Pro and Max plans

  1. Go to Claude.
  2. Go to Customize > Connectors.
  3. In the top-right of the Connectors window, click Browse.
  4. Search for and select Conductor MCP.
  5. Click Connect. You will be redirected to a Conductor authentication screen.
  6. Authenticate using your Conductor credentials.
You can also reach the directory from a conversation: click the + icon in the lower-left corner, hover over Connectors, and select Manage connectors.
Install Conductor from Claude's connector directory
If you can’t—or would rather not—connect Conductor through the Claude apps, you can install Anthropic’s Claude Code command-line interface, and register Conductor’s MCP server yourself. This is the path to use when your organization has disabled the Claude web and desktop apps, or when you simply prefer to work in a terminal.You authenticate the same way as any other Claude surface: with your Conductor credentials, through Conductor’s OAuth flow.

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Install Claude Code

Always be sure to follow your organization’s information security policies. If you are blocked from using the Claude web and desktop apps, the intent may be that you should not use Claude at all. This method should not be used to circumvent your organization’s policies.
Follow Anthropic’s Claude Code quickstart to install the CLI and log in to your Claude account. Anthropic’s advanced setup guide lists system requirements and platform-specific installers, and its installation troubleshooting covers command not found and sign-in errors.When claude --version returns a version number, you’re ready to add Conductor.

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Add Conductor’s MCP server

Run the following from your terminal—not from inside a claude session:
  • --client-id is Conductor’s OAuth client ID—the same one the custom connector uses. There’s no client secret to provide.
  • --callback-port must be 8080 or 8081. Use 8081 if another program on your machine is already listening on 8080.
    Pin the OAuth callback port. Each time Claude Code authorizes a server, it opens a callback on your machine using a random port. Conductor matches that callback address exactly, but only ports 8080 and 8081 are registered—so an unpinned port fails with a redirect_mismatch error.
  • --scope user registers Conductor once for every project on your machine. Omit it to register Conductor only for the directory you’re currently in.

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Authorize Conductor

  1. Start a session with claude.
  2. Run /mcp and select conductor.
  3. Claude Code opens Conductor’s authentication screen in your browser. Authenticate using your Conductor credentials.
  4. Return to your terminal. Conductor’s tools are available in the session.
To confirm the connection at any time, run claude mcp list. Conductor appears in the list with its connection status.

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Troubleshoot the connection

The browser shows redirect_mismatch. The URL reads https://auth.conductor.com/error?error=redirect_mismatch. Claude Code used a callback port Conductor doesn’t recognize—usually because the server was added without --callback-port. Remove the server, then add it again with the port pinned:
Authorization still fails on port 8080 or 8081. Check your Claude Code version:
Conductor recognizes the callback address only as localhost. Claude Code versions before 2.1.231 send 127.0.0.1 instead, which doesn’t match. Run claude update to move to a current version, then authorize again.

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Query your data

In the Claude apps, to access your data from the Claude interface:
  1. Click the + icon.
  2. In the Connectors menu, confirm that the toggle for the Conductor connector is enabled. If not, enable the toggle.
  3. Enter a query.
In Claude Cowork and Claude Code, Conductor’s tools are available directly in your session. Ask about your tracked configurations, AI brand and citation insights, or keyword insights, and Conductor’s MCP tools are called to answer.

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FAQs

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Change Log

  • 2026-08-10 · Added — Conductor is now available as a connector in Claude’s connector directory. You can install Conductor from the directory in a few clicks instead of building a custom connector. Either path covers Claude, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code.