Connect Claude Desktop

Add AutoCISO to Claude Desktop and you can ask Claude about your compliance posture in plain language.

Prerequisites

• An MCP token with the mcp:read scope — see the MCP Quickstart or MCP Auth and Scopes. It needs the MCP Read scope.
• Claude Desktop installed.

Step 1 — Open your config file

Find claude_desktop_config.json:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

If the file doesn’t exist, create it.

Step 2 — Add AutoCISO as a server

Paste the mcpServers block. Use the Remote (HTTP) tab if your Claude Desktop supports remote MCP servers directly; otherwise use the mcp-remote bridge tab, which proxies a remote server through a local command.

{
"mcpServers": {
  "autociso": {
    "url": "https://api.autociso.io/mcp",
    "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer aci_REPLACE_ME" }
  }
}
}

{
"mcpServers": {
  "autociso": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.autociso.io/mcp",
             "--header", "Authorization: Bearer aci_REPLACE_ME"]
  }
}
}

Step 3 — Restart and verify

1. Quit and reopen Claude Desktop (a restart is required to load the new server).
2. Look for the MCP tools icon — AutoCISO’s tools should be listed.
3. Ask Claude: “What’s my access posture summary?” — Claude calls posture_summary and answers from your data. For more questions to try, see MCP Capabilities.

If something’s wrong

For every other code, see MCP Errors and Retries and MCP Troubleshooting.