Quickstart
From sign-up to a connected AI client in about five minutes.
Sign up at app.protobox.ai. Your workspace gets a slug — it becomes your MCP endpoint: https://your-workspace.protobox.app/mcp.
In the dashboard, open Connect → MCP and create an API key. Keys are scoped to the workspace — a key from one workspace won't authenticate against another's endpoint.
Treat API keys like passwords: never commit them, and revoke any key that leaks (Manage → API Keys).
The fastest path is the CLI, which generates a ready-to-paste config:
npm install -g @protoboxai/cli
protobox login --api-key YOUR_API_KEY
protobox mcp connect claude # or: cursor, vscode, windsurf, rawlogin verifies the key against the platform before storing it, so a typo fails here instead of in your client.
Paste the JSON into your client's MCP config, or follow the per-client walkthroughs: Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client.
protobox mcp testThis runs a full protocol handshake: connect, list tools, list resources, list prompts. In your AI client, the Protobox tools now appear in its tools menu — ask it something that needs one.