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Zapier MCP connects to Claude with a prompt. Paste it into a new conversation and Claude sets up the connection, then runs the Zapier onboarding Skill for you.

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Before you begin

  • A Zapier account.
  • A Claude plan that supports custom connectors. All plans support custom MCP connectors. Free plans are limited to one connector. Team and Enterprise plans require an approval step before connectors become available to members.
  • Claude Desktop users: Claude Desktop syncs connectors from Claude on the web. Complete the setup on claude.ai first, then open Claude Desktop. The connection carries over automatically. If tools do not appear, close and reopen Claude Desktop to force a sync.
Team and Enterprise users: Only Owners can add new connectors to the organization. Once an Owner adds Zapier MCP at the organization level, individual members can connect on their own. Learn more in Anthropic’s connector documentation.

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Connect Zapier MCP to Claude

1

Copy the prompt

Copy the prompt below:
2

Paste it into Claude

Open claude.ai, paste the prompt into a new conversation, and follow the instructions.When prompted, authenticate with your Zapier account.
3

Verify the connection

Ask Claude:
Claude should list the Zapier MCP tools. If tools do not appear, check Troubleshooting.

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Try it out

After setup, ask Claude to do something with your connected apps:
  • “Find my last 5 emails and summarize them”
  • “What meetings do I have tomorrow?”
  • “Create a task in [app] to follow up with [name]”
  • “Send a Slack message to [channel] about [topic]“

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Next steps

Your first MCP workflow

Run the onboarding Skill and make your first tool call.

How tools work

Learn how dynamic tool discovery works and what the meta-tools do.