# Connect Claude

> Source: https://developers.anymail.watch/mcp-claude/

Claude connects to anymail as a custom connector. You give it the URL, sign in to anymail in the browser and pick what Claude may do. No API key is involved.

You need a Claude plan with custom connectors: Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise.

## Pro and Max

1. In Claude, open **Customize**, then **Connectors**.
2. Select **+ Add**, then **Add custom connector**.
3. Enter the name `anymail` and the URL:

   ```
   https://app.anymail.watch/api/mcp
   ```

4. Continue. Claude detects the OAuth settings of anymail. Leave **Authentication** on a sign-in option and add no request headers.
5. Select **Add**, then **Connect**. A browser window opens anymail.
6. Sign in to anymail. On the consent screen pick the **Workspace** and the **Access**, then select **Allow**.

The connector shows as connected. Claude can now use the anymail tools in any chat where the connector is turned on.

## Team and Enterprise

An Owner adds the connector once for the organisation:

1. Open **Organization settings**, then **Connectors**.
2. Select **Add**, then **Custom**, then **Web**.
3. Enter the name `anymail` and the URL `https://app.anymail.watch/api/mcp`, keep the detected OAuth settings and select **Add**.

Each member then opens **Customize**, **Connectors**, finds anymail and selects **Connect**. Every member signs in with their own anymail account, so each person reaches only the workspaces they belong to.

## Choose the access

| Access on the consent screen | What Claude can do |
|---|---|
| **Read only** | Read campaigns, statistics, prospects, companies, replies, mailboxes and domains. Every write tool fails with `insufficient_scope`. |
| **Read and write** | Everything above, and create campaigns, write steps, enrol prospects, start and stop campaigns, answer replies. |

Start with **Read only** if you want reports and answers first. Connect again to change it.

The anymail tools carry annotations that mark reads, writes and destructive calls, so Claude can ask for your approval before a change. `start_campaign` and `reply_to_message` are also marked as reaching outside anymail, because they send email.

## Try it

Ask Claude:

- "Which of my anymail campaigns has the best reply rate this month?"
- "Show me unread interested replies and draft answers."
- "Build a three-step campaign for the prospects at example.com, but do not start it."

The [prompts](/mcp-server/#prompts) of the server appear in the prompt menu of Claude as well.

## Disconnect

Remove or disconnect the connector in **Customize**, **Connectors**. Removing a person from the anymail workspace also ends their access at once.

## Related

- [MCP server](/mcp-server/)
- [Authentication](/authentication/#oauth-for-mcp-clients)
- [Connect ChatGPT](/mcp-chatgpt/)