MCP Integration

Connect your own AI to Tycana. Same intelligence, same tools — your choice of interface.

Tycana’s native assistant is the fastest way to get started — sign up and chat. But if you prefer working through Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client, you can connect them to the same intelligence backend.

Same tools. Same intelligence. Same data. Your choice of interface.

Setup

Connect your AI

Pick the one you use. Each connects a little differently.

Claude.ai

OAuth

Browser-based. No tokens to manage.

  1. In your Tycana dashboard, go to OAuth Clients and create a new client.
  2. In Claude.ai, add Tycana as a remote MCP server with the URL https://app.tycana.ai/mcp
  3. Approve the consent screen and you’re connected.

Claude Code

CLI

Terminal-based. One command.

  1. In your Tycana dashboard, generate a Personal Token.
  2. Run:
claude mcp add tycana \
  --transport streamable-http \
  https://app.tycana.ai/mcp \
  --header "authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Claude Desktop

Config

Desktop app. Edit one config file.

  1. Generate a personal token from your dashboard.
  2. Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tycana": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://app.tycana.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving. Config location varies by OS.

Other apps

MCP

ChatGPT, Cursor, Copilot, or any MCP-compatible app.

  1. Generate a personal token from your dashboard.
  2. Configure with server URL https://app.tycana.ai/mcp and your token as a Bearer header.
Tools

What your AI gets

16 tools, automatically personalized with your intelligence signals.

Capture & manage

Capture, complete, update, delete, and search items. Batch operations for bulk updates.

Plan & recommend

Plan your day, get recommendations, run reviews. Context-aware suggestions based on your patterns.

Memory

Store and recall notes. Persistent memory that spans conversations and AI clients.

Relationships

Link related items, manage dependencies, organize projects. Structure that the AI reasons through.

When to use MCP

Use the native assistant

Simplest experience. Sign up, start chatting. No setup, no tokens, no config files.

Use MCP

You already live inside Claude Code, Cursor, or another AI tool and want Tycana without switching contexts.

Use both

Same backend, same data, same intelligence. Chat with Tycana directly and connect your other AI tools.

Help

Troubleshooting

Authentication failed

For personal tokens, check that it includes the tyk_ prefix. For OAuth, verify your Client ID and Secret. Generate new credentials from your dashboard at any time.

Connection refused

Make sure the URL is https://app.tycana.ai/mcp (not /api/mcp or other variations).

Tools not appearing

Restart your AI assistant after adding the configuration. Claude Desktop requires a full restart.

Token not working

Generate a new token from your dashboard and update your configuration.

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