Claude

Patalyze connects to every Claude app. You add the servers in Claude on the web (claude.ai), Claude Desktop, or Claude Code; connectors live on your Claude account, so once added they are also available in the Claude mobile apps and Claude Cowork.

There are two MCP servers, and they do different jobs:

• Global Patents MCP (https://search.patalyze.com/mcp) gives Claude eyes: read-only search over the global patent corpus and CPC/IPC classifications, through four tools. It never touches your research databases.
• Patalyze MCP (https://api.patalyze.com/mcp) gives Claude hands: full read and write access to your research databases (products, patents, claim mappings, dashboards and notes) through about 40 tools, acting with your permissions.

Install Global Patents first. It is read-only, so there is nothing to configure and nothing it can break, and patent search 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, so you approve access in the browser with no API key to manage. See MCP for each server's full tool list and scopes.

Claude.ai#

In a conversation, open the "+" menu in the chat composer, then "Connectors", to toggle the servers on or off for that chat.

Custom connectors are available on every Claude plan, but the Free plan allows only one. If that is you, pick Global Patents for safe patent search, or Patalyze for the full workbench, which includes corpus search.

On Team and Enterprise plans, members cannot add custom connectors themselves. An Owner or Primary Owner first adds each server for the organization under Organization settings > Connectors ("Add", then "Custom" > "Web", then the server URL). After that, each member opens Customize > Connectors, finds the connector (it carries a "Custom" label) and clicks "Connect" to authenticate with their own Patalyze account.

Claude Desktop#

Connectors are shared with claude.ai, so if you added the servers there, they are already in the desktop app. To add them from the desktop instead, open Settings > Connectors, 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 are available on your phone automatically; enable them 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://search.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 in 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.

If you already added the connectors on claude.ai and you sign in to Claude Code with the same account, they appear in /mcp automatically, with no CLI commands needed.