Connect an AI assistant to Sutra

Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other AI assistants to your Sutra workspace so they can help manage spaces, members, content, websites, and more.

The Sutra MCP server lets AI assistants — like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Windsurf — work directly in your Sutra workspace.

Once it's connected, you can ask your AI tool to do real things in Sutra: find and create spaces, add and manage members and contacts, edit lesson and registration content, set up plans and paid access, or prepare a broadcast. It runs on the Sutra Admin API, so anything the API can do, your AI tool can do through the MCP — in plain language.

MCP and API access are included on the Silver and Gold plans.

What you can ask it to do

Explore a space or a whole course and summarize what's inside.
Create and configure spaces — general settings, appearance, images, and paid access.
Add, update, and remove members, and manage your CRM contacts.
Edit page and registration content, and add media.
Manage plans, enrollments, and payments.
Build a website, or prepare and send a broadcast.

The easiest way to connect

If your AI tool supports remote (hosted) MCP servers, this is the simplest path — nothing to download and no keys to copy:

In your AI client's connector or MCP settings, add a new MCP server.
Use the server address https://mcp.sutra.co/mcp.
When prompted, sign in with your Sutra account and approve access.

That's it — the connection stays signed in and refreshes itself. This works with clients that support remote MCP connectors, such as Claude and ChatGPT.

Signing in: your account vs. an API token

There are two ways to connect:

Sign in with Sutra (recommended) — the server opens your browser, you log in and approve access, and it stays connected and refreshes automatically. Nothing to copy or store.
Use an API token — best for headless or server setups. Create one in Settings → Sutra API, then provide it to your MCP client. For how to create and scope a token, see Sutra API and API keys.

What it can access, and staying in control

The MCP acts as you: it can reach the spaces you manage, using only the permissions you approve when you sign in.
You stay in control — sign out or revoke a token at any time to cut off access.
Treat API tokens like passwords: keep them secret and never paste them into a public place.

Prefer to build directly on the API?

If you're connecting another system server-to-server rather than an AI tool, you can call the Sutra Admin API directly. See Sutra API and API keys and the developer docs.