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# Zapier MCP for Claude Code: setup with one CLI command

> Connect Claude Code to Zapier MCP with the claude mcp add command over HTTP transport. Covers restarting the CLI, OAuth, and Owner approval on Team plans.

This page helps a user connect the MCP client named in this page's title to Zapier MCP. Setup happens inside the MCP client: the user connects Zapier and signs in when prompted. Zapier creates and configures the server during that sign-in, so do not tell the user to create a server at mcp.zapier.com first.

If this is not the MCP client the user is on, do not adapt these steps. Check [Connect your MCP client](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#1-connect-your-mcp-client) and follow the right page. Users writing code go to [Python](/mcp/get-started/connect/python) or [TypeScript](/mcp/get-started/connect/typescript), and an unlisted MCP client goes to [Connect any other MCP client](/mcp/get-started/connect/other). Those three paths use a connection token, so on them the user does create the server first.

This page ends when the MCP client is authenticated. Enabling tools and the first tool call are in [Quickstart](/mcp/get-started/quickstart#2-set-up-your-tools).

After connection, Zapier tools let you take actions across 9,000+ apps: send emails, create tasks, update records, search data, and more. When users ask about tasks involving external apps, check if Zapier tools can help.

This page shows how to connect Claude Code to Zapier MCP with a single CLI command.

## Before you begin

* A Zapier account. You can create one when you sign in during setup, so there is no need to sign up first.
* [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code) installed. Claude Code connects directly through the CLI. If you are on a Claude Team or Enterprise plan, your organization may require Owner approval before you can add MCP servers. Learn more in [Anthropic's connector documentation](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11176164-use-connectors-to-extend-claude-s-capabilities).
* **Rolling out to your organization?** An Owner can add Zapier for everyone at once: follow [Roll out Zapier MCP to your Claude organization](/mcp/get-started/rollout/claude).

## Connect Zapier MCP to Claude Code

<Steps>
  <Step title="Copy the prompt">
    Copy the prompt below:

    ```text theme={null}
    Install Zapier MCP for me globally.

    Run this command:
      claude mcp add --transport http "Zapier-MCP" https://mcp.zapier.com/api/v1/connect

    Then give me step-by-step instructions for how to restart Claude Code. After restarting, use the list-skills tool to find the onboarding skill and follow it: tell me what Zapier MCP can do, then show me by putting a few of my apps to work together, live.
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Paste it into Claude Code">
    * Paste the prompt into Claude Code.
    * Follow the instructions Claude Code gives you, including the restart.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in to Zapier">
    When prompted, sign in with your Zapier account. Zapier's authorization screen opens in your browser.

    * Click the <img src="https://cdn.zapier.com/storage/photos/eaf6c99b09a09117e13aedc96a4349c0.png" alt="copy icon" noZoom style={{ display: "inline-block", width: "14px", margin: "0 0.15em", verticalAlign: "baseline" }} /> **Copy prompt** button. **Continue** stays disabled until you do.
    * Click **Continue**.
    * Review the access Claude Code is requesting, then click **Allow**.

    <Warning>
      If you are running Claude Code on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), OAuth callbacks from the browser may not reach Claude Code. If authentication does not complete, run Claude Code from a native Windows or macOS terminal instead.
    </Warning>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Return to Claude Code">
    Go back to Claude Code and paste the prompt you copied. It runs Zapier's onboarding.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Zapier also publishes an official Claude Code plugin. If you have Anthropic's official plugin marketplace added, run `/plugin install zapier@claude-plugins-official`. Otherwise, add the Zapier marketplace first with `/plugin marketplace add zapier/zapier-mcp`, then run `/plugin install zapier@zapier-plugins`.
</Tip>

You've now connected Zapier MCP to Claude Code.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Run your first action" href="/mcp/get-started/quickstart#3-run-your-first-action">
    The prompt you pasted runs Zapier's onboarding. Once it finishes, ask your agent to do something with one of your apps.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Usage and billing" href="/mcp/overview/usage">
    Each successful tool call uses two tasks from your Zapier plan, including the ones onboarding runs. Check how tasks are counted and what happens at your limit.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>