So I was able to set up the Claude MCP desktop client and it shows to be connected. But as I am new to understanding these automation tools I’m not sure how to configure the tool in active pieces.
I tried to look for tutorials in the community or any videos on YouTube and there seems to be none out there as this is a newer product.
Does anybody have any tutorial videos to show how to set this up and use it properly? It’s may seem like a stupid question but when I go to test the trigger it says “please go to MCP and Trigger MCP tool”, isn’t that what I’m doing using the MCP tool?
To use a flow in your MCP server, you need to use the trigger “MCP tool” within the flow. Make sure the flow is published and enabled.
If you want to return data from the flow, enable the “Wait for Response” option in the MCP tool trigger and include a “Reply to MCP Client” action within the flow.
A detailed tutorial on how to set this up will be released soon!
Hey @Jimmy_Martin The idea of MCP is to call a tool from Activepieces within Claude or another MCP supporting client.
The tools can be raw pieces or advanced flows. This means you can either:
Ask Claude to interact with your Google Calendar directly.
Or ask Claude to interact with a custom flow you designed that starts with an MCP trigger.
In the MCP page on Activepieces, whatever you add there (pieces or flows) will be available as tools to be used within Claude. That’s all what you can do today.
In the future, you’ll also be able to use MCPs from within our flows which lets you design autonomous agents as part of your flows.
