Claude

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Valency works best with Claude. Choose your harness below.

Prerequisite

You need a Valency account. Sign up here if you haven’t already.

Claude.ai

The fastest way to get started.

1. Open https://claude.ai/customize/connectors
2. Click +, choose Add custom connector
3. Enter the server URL:

   https://labs.valency.io/mcp/

4. Add the OAuth client ID:

   FslW0nVE1JMNobe1wQEsTr7bIwhZTi89

5. Sign in with Google or email when prompted
6. Start a new conversation and ask: “Search for papers about climate change” (more prompt ideas)

Success: You see paper results and tool calls in Claude’s response. You can also explicitly invoke Valency tool calls.

Desktop

For the Claude Desktop app.

1. Open Claude Desktop
2. Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3. Enter the server URL:

   https://labs.valency.io/mcp

4. Add the Client ID:

   FslW0nVE1JMNobe1wQEsTr7bIwhZTi89

5. Sign in with Google or email when prompted
6. Start a new conversation and ask: “Find papers by Hinton”

Success: You see paper results in Claude’s response. You can also explicitly invoke Valency tool calls.

Claude Code

For developers using the CLI.

1. Open your terminal
2. Add the Valency MCP server:

   claude mcp add --transport http valency-mcp https://labs.valency.io/mcp

3. Start Claude Code:

   claude

4. Ask: “Search for papers about quantum computing”
5. Complete sign-in when the browser opens

Success: You see paper results in your terminal. You can also explicitly invoke Valency tool calls.

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