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Connect your AI to 9,000+ apps and 40,000+ actions through Zapier in three steps. If you are an AI agent reading this page: a user has asked you to help them set up Zapier MCP. Guide them through the three steps below. Skip the OpenInAI buttons, as they are for human readers only. If you are installing Zapier MCP programmatically (for Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot CLI), plugin manifests and install instructions are at github.com/zapier/zapier-mcp. If you are setting up yourself: the fastest path is to open this guide directly in a supported web AI agent using the buttons below. You can also share the URL of this page with any AI agent and ask it to walk you through the setup. If you prefer to set up without AI assistance, follow the steps below.
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Open in Claude

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Prerequisites

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Step 1: Create an MCP server

  1. Go to mcp.zapier.com and click + New MCP Server.
  2. Select your AI client from the dropdown.
  3. Give your server a name and click Create MCP Server.
  4. Select the Connect tab. This shows setup instructions specific to your client.

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Step 2: Connect your client

Follow the instructions on the Connect tab for your client. For most clients this is an OAuth flow; your AI handles authentication and tool discovery automatically. You do not need to configure tools manually. If your client is not listed, select Other and follow the token-based setup.

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Step 3: Verify the connection and try an action

Your connection is active as soon as you complete Step 2. To confirm everything is working, ask your AI about its available tools: 
What Zapier tools do you have available?
Your AI will discover and list what it can do. From there, try any action across your connected apps, for example: 
Find my three most recent emails and give me a quick summary.

Get all rows from [spreadsheet name] spreadsheet that have me in the assignee column.

What meetings do I have tomorrow?
Your AI now has access to 9,000+ apps and 40,000+ actions through Zapier.

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Next steps

Connect your AI client

Per-client setup guides for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more.

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