The xpander.ai platform supports three flavors of MCP use:

MCP Composition

Pick-and-choose tools from multiple connectors and connect your MCP clients to a fine-grained, controlled list of tools.

MCP to AI Agents

You can trigger AI Agents running on the xpander.ai platform from your MCP clients.

Specific Connectors

You can connect individual Connectors to MCP clients.
See below for walkthroughs of these three usage patterns.

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Using the xpander.ai MCP Servers hosting solution with Claude Desktop

In this option, you can select individual tools from multiple connectors, thus composing a list of tools in various systems that will be available to your MCP client.
1

Open the MCP Servers menu

In the xpander.ai console (https://app.xpander.ai), go to the MCP Servers section
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2

Create a new MCP Server

Click on “New MCP Server”, and provide a name and description for your MCP Server
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3

Select tools

In this step, you can select tools from one or more connectors, which will be composed in your MCP server, and available to your MCP clients.
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4

Add the MCP Server to Claude

After selecting your tools, copy the MCP Server address from the page, and add it to your MCP Client. For example:
{
  "globalShortcut": "Alt+Space",
  "mcpServers": {
    "slack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "xpander-mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.xpander.ai/your-mcp-url/"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Other considerations

The MCP URL contains your API key, so never share it publicly. Treat it as a sensitive credential.
You can add multiple MCP servers to your configuration file by adding them to the mcpServers object. Each server should have a unique key: 
{
  "globalShortcut": "Alt+Space",
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedin": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "xpander-mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.xpander.ai/your-linkedin-mcp-url/"
      ]
    },
    "gmail": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "xpander-mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.xpander.ai/your-gmail-mcp-url/"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Instead of manually editing the configuration file, you can use the MCP installer by adding this to your configuration file at ’~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json’:
"mcp-installer": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": [
    "@anaisbetts/mcp-installer"
  ]
}
Then simply ask Claude to install your MCP URL, and it will handle the installation automatically.

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Working with Authenticated Connectors

If you’ve already configured authentication for connectors in xpander.ai (such as Gmail, LinkedIn, or other services), they will work automatically with the provided MCP URL without requiring additional authentication steps in Claude. For example, if you’ve already connected your Gmail account in xpander.ai:
  1. Add the xpander MCP configuration to Claude as shown above
  2. You can immediately use Gmail capabilities in Claude through natural language
  3. No additional authentication steps are needed in Claude

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Testing Your MCP Integration

Once configured, you can test your integration by asking Claude to perform actions using the connected service:
  1. For LinkedIn: “Can you search for AI Product Managers on LinkedIn?”
  2. For Gmail: “Could you check my recent unread emails?”
  3. For Weather: “What’s the weather like in San Francisco today?”
Claude will seamlessly connect to the xpander MCP server and utilize its agentic interfaces to fulfill your requests.

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Demo (single connector MCP server)