🔌 What is the Search Atlas MCP server?
The Search Atlas MCP server lets supported AI tools, such as Claude, connect to Search Atlas capabilities through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
🔑 Before you begin
- Make sure Claude is installed and available from your terminal.
- Have an active Search Atlas API key ready.
- Replace YOUR_SEARCHATLAS_API_KEY_HERE with your actual API key before running the command.
⚙️ Install MCP in Claude
Open your terminal and run the following command:
claude mcp add --transport http searchatlas https://mcp.searchatlas.com/mcp/ --header "X-API-KEY: YOUR_SEARCHATLAS_API_KEY_HERE"
Use standard quotation marks exactly as shown. Do not include the placeholder text, brackets, or curly quotation marks around your API key.
🔄 Reconnect after installation
- Close and reopen Claude, or reconnect the MCP server from your Claude settings.
- Start a new conversation.
- Ask Claude to use the Search Atlas MCP connection.
🧪 Fix authentication errors
If Claude rejects your credentials, run the installation command again with the correct API key, then reconnect Claude. Authentication commonly fails when the API key is expired, copied with extra spaces, or entered with curly quotation marks.
- Confirm that the key is active in Search Atlas.
- Copy the key again without leading or trailing spaces.
- Use the exact server URL: https://mcp.searchatlas.com/mcp/.
- Make sure the header name is exactly X-API-KEY.
✅ Confirm the connection
After reconnecting, ask Claude to perform a Search Atlas action that your account supports. If the request succeeds, the MCP server is installed and authenticated.
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.