Claude
Connect Patalyze to Claude and you can run patent research by asking for it. Pull filings from the global corpus into a database, and map their claims against a product, all in plain language and all without leaving the chat.
Claude reaches Patalyze through two MCP servers, and they do different jobs:
Install Global Patents first. It is read-only, so there is nothing to configure and nothing it can break, and pulling up patents is usually the first thing you want from Claude anyway. Add the Patalyze server when you are ready for Claude to work inside your databases.
Both servers authenticate with your Patalyze account over OAuth. You approve access in a browser window the first time you connect, and there is no API key to manage. See MCP for each server's full tool list and scopes.
Connectors live on your Claude account, not on any single app. Add them once, in Claude on the web, in Claude Desktop, or in Claude Code, and they are available everywhere you sign in, including the mobile apps. The sections below cover the one-time setup for each.
Claude.ai#
Add a custom connector
https://data.patalyze.com/mcp. Click "Add", then repeat with the Patalyze MCP URL when you want write access too.Connect
To use a connector in a conversation, open the "+" menu in the chat composer, then "Connectors", and toggle the server on or off for that chat.
Custom connectors work on every Claude plan, but the Free plan allows only one. If that is you, pick Global Patents for safe, read-only access, or Patalyze for the full workbench, which covers the corpus anyway.
On Team and Enterprise plans, members cannot add custom connectors on their own. An Owner or Primary Owner adds each server for the organization first, under Organization settings > Connectors: choose "Add", then "Custom" > "Web", then paste the server URL.
Each member then opens Customize > Connectors, finds the connector (it carries a "Custom" label), and clicks "Connect" to authenticate with their own Patalyze account.
Claude Desktop#
The desktop app shares connectors with claude.ai, so anything you added on the web is already here. To add a server from the desktop instead, open Settings > Connectors and click "Add custom connector". Paste a server URL and approve access in the browser when prompted, the same flow as on the web.
Claude mobile apps#
There is nothing to install on iOS or Android. Connectors added on the web or desktop reach your phone automatically; enable one for a chat from the tools menu, the same way as on the web. To add a new server, use claude.ai or the desktop app.
Claude Code#
Add the servers with the CLI:
claude mcp add --transport http global-patents https://data.patalyze.com/mcp --scope user
claude mcp add --transport http patalyze https://api.patalyze.com/mcp --scope user--transport http is required. Without it the CLI treats the URL as a local command and the server fails to connect. --scope user makes the servers available across all your projects; drop it to keep one to the current project.
Then authenticate. Run /mcp inside Claude Code, select a server, and choose Authenticate. A browser window opens for you to sign in and approve access. Confirm the connection with claude mcp list.
Already added the connectors on claude.ai? If you sign in to Claude Code with the same account, they show up in /mcp automatically, with no CLI commands needed.
Try it
With the Patalyze server connected, hand Claude a whole investigation in one prompt: find solid-state battery patents from Toyota filed since 2020, add them to a new research database, and map them against my cell. It pulls the matches from the corpus into your database, and runs the mappings, all from that single request.