Before you begin
- A Zapier account.
- An Anthropic API key.
Connect the Anthropic API to Zapier MCP
1
Create an MCP server
- Go to mcp.zapier.com.
- Click Add MCP server.
- Under Choose your AI agent, search for and select Anthropic API.
2
Generate a connection token
- Select the
Connect tab. - Click Generate token.
- Copy the token from Or manually copy the token.
3
Set your credentials as environment variables
4
Send a request with Zapier as an MCP server
Add Zapier to the The
Connect tab also gives you a copy-ready version of this request with your token already filled in.For request options, check Anthropic’s MCP connector documentation.
mcp_servers array, and reference it from an mcp_toolset tool. The request reads your keys from the ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and ZAPIER_MCP_TOKEN environment variables:- cURL
- JavaScript
- Python
Connect tab also gives you a copy-ready version of this request with your token already filled in.For request options, check Anthropic’s MCP connector documentation.Next steps
How tools work
What each meta-tool does, and how dynamic tool discovery works.
How connections work
How connection tokens work, and how to manage them.