Connect employee AI clients
Send this page to employees who set up their own AI client. Tools and models are separate connections, so an employee can set up either one, or both.
Connect to tools
Add the Workforce MCP endpoint to the AI client:
On first use, the client opens a browser to sign in with SSO. The employee then sees the tools their Group allows.
Claude (web & desktop)
Claude Code
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Windsurf
VS Code
An Owner first adds the connector once: Organization settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web, then paste https://wf-api.merge.dev/mcp.
Each employee then goes to claude.ai/customize/connectors, clicks Connect, and signs in.
If an employee calls a tool their Group doesn’t allow, the call fails and an admin sees it in Requests.
Connect to models
Employees need three values:
To get a personal key, an employee signs in to the Workforce console and opens Get started → Set it up myself. The page shows the key once, along with the steps for their client. Terminal users can use the Workforce CLI instead.
For Claude Code, set these environment variables: