MCP Server

The Tightknit MCP server is currently in pilot. Contact Support if you’d like to join the pilot and turn it on for your community.

The Tightknit MCP server lets AI agents work inside your community on your behalf. It implements the Model Context Protocol, an open standard that connects AI apps to external tools, so an agent like Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor can read your feeds, post and moderate discussions, run polls, manage members, and more, all through natural language. This is a remote, hosted server: there is nothing to install and no API key to manage. You add one URL to your agent and sign in with your Tightknit account. For a local, terminal-based option that ships inside the Tightknit CLI, see the CLI & MCP Server guide instead.

Let your agent set it up for you

The fastest way to get started is to hand this page to your agent and let it walk you through the setup. Paste the following prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or the agent of your choice:

Copy this into your agent

I want you to help manage my Tightknit community. Read the contents of this
page https://docs.tightknit.ai/integrations/mcp and recommend the best way to
get started, then help me connect the Tightknit MCP server. Once it's
connected, list the communities I can access so we can confirm it works.

Your agent will read this guide, add the server to its configuration, and prompt you to sign in. If you’d rather set it up by hand, follow the steps below.

Connection details

Access requires the MCP User role (admins have full access), in a community that’s in the pilot. If you can’t sign in, ask Support to enable the MCP server for your community.

Setting	Value
Server URL	`https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp`
Transport	Streamable HTTP
Authentication	OAuth 2.1. Sign in with your Tightknit account when prompted.
Access	Admins, and roles granted MCP User, in the pilot

You never paste a token or secret. On first connect, your agent opens a browser window where you sign in, and the communities you can access are scoped to that account automatically.

Connect your agent

Add the server from the terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http tightknit https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code and choose Authenticate to sign in through your browser. Once connected, /mcp lists the Tightknit tools as available.

Add Tightknit as a custom connector:

Open Connectors settings

Go to Settings > Connectors in Claude Desktop or on claude.ai.

Add a custom connector

Click Add custom connector, name it Tightknit, and paste https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp as the URL.

Connect and sign in

Save the connector, click Connect, and sign in with your Tightknit account. Tightknit’s tools then appear in the tools menu.

Custom connectors are available on Claude plans that support them. If you don’t see Add custom connector, check your plan or workspace settings.

Add the server to .cursor/mcp.json in your project (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project):

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tightknit": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Open Cursor Settings > MCP, then click the Tightknit server and authenticate when prompted.

Add the server to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tightknit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Start the server from the mcp.json editor and sign in when the browser opens. The tools become available to Copilot in agent mode.

ChatGPT supports custom MCP connectors through developer mode, but the tools available depend on your plan. Business, Enterprise, and Edu plans support read and write tools; Pro is limited to read-only tools, and support on other plans varies. The Tightknit server includes write and destructive tools, so use a plan that supports full connectors to get the complete tool set.

Enable developer mode

In Settings > Connectors > Advanced, turn on developer mode.

Add the connector

Add a new connector and paste https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp as the MCP server URL.

Complete the sign-in prompt with your Tightknit account.

ChatGPT’s connector support and plan requirements change often. See OpenAI’s developer mode documentation for current details.

Point any client that supports remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP with OAuth at the server URL. Most clients use this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tightknit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The client handles the OAuth sign-in on first use. No API key is required.

How access works

The MCP server never holds your password and issues no long-lived key. Your agent completes a standard OAuth 2.1 sign-in, and every request is authorized against your role and permissions in the Studio. A few things follow from this:

Role-based — Admins have full access. Everyone else needs the MCP User role, which grants the mcp:access permission to connect. Without it, you can’t reach the server.
Tools follow your Studio permissions — Beyond connecting, each tool checks your Studio role and permissions, so an agent only sees the tools your roles allow. For example, pairing MCP User with Events Manager exposes the events tools but not the polls, members, or site tools. Admins can use every tool.
Scoped to your communities — The agent only acts on communities where your role has access. If you can reach more than one, ask the agent to run list_tenants first, then reference the community you want by the tenant_id it returns.

Available tools

The server exposes 46 tools. Each tool is annotated so your agent understands the impact of an action before it runs one:

Read — Fetches data. Never changes anything.
Write — Creates or updates content in your community.
Destructive — Deletes content. Cannot be undone.

Agents can create, edit, publish, and delete real content in your community. Review what your agent proposes before you approve write actions, and keep a human in the loop for moderation and member changes.

Communities

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_tenants`	List the communities you can access	Read

Events

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_events`	List the community’s calendar events	Read
`get_event`	Get one event with hosts, speakers, tags, and registrant count	Read
`create_event`	Create a calendar event	Write
`edit_event`	Update an event’s details	Write

Activity

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_activities`	Read the activity log (posts, comments, reactions, joins, votes, and more)	Read

Slack

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_slack_channels`	List the Slack channels Tightknit can post to	Read

Polls

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_polls`	List polls, newest first	Read
`get_poll`	Get a poll’s question, options, and results	Read
`create_poll`	Create a poll and post or schedule it to Slack	Write
`update_poll`	Edit, reschedule, open, or close a poll	Write
`delete_poll`	Permanently delete a poll and its Slack message	Destructive

Members

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_members`	List members, with optional search by name or email	Read
`create_member`	Add a member from an email address	Write
`deactivate_member`	Deactivate a standalone member	Write

Posts and comments

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_posts`	List published posts across feeds	Read
`get_post`	Get one post with its body and engagement counts	Read
`get_post_comments`	List the comments on a post	Read
`edit_post_content`	Edit a post’s title, slug, and SEO description	Write
`set_post_published`	Publish or unpublish a post	Write
`set_comment_published`	Publish or unpublish a comment	Write

Search

Tool	What it does	Access
`search_posts`	Full-text search across published posts	Read
`search_comments`	Full-text search across published comments	Read

Feeds

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_feeds`	List feeds, including archived and unlisted ones	Read
`get_feed`	Get one feed’s full settings	Read
`update_feed`	Update a feed’s label, slug, visibility, and placement	Write

Groups

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_groups`	List member groups with their member counts	Read
`get_group`	Get a group and a page of its members	Read
`create_group`	Create a member group	Write
`edit_group`	Update a group’s settings	Write
`add_group_members`	Add members to a group	Write

Site

Tool	What it does	Access
`get_site`	Get the community’s site settings	Read
`edit_site`	Update the community’s site settings	Write

Journeys

Tool	What it does	Access
`get_journey`	Get a journey and its ordered milestones	Read
`create_journey`	Create a journey	Write
`add_milestone`	Add a milestone to a journey	Write
`edit_journey`	Update a journey’s settings	Write
`edit_milestone`	Replace a milestone’s definition	Write

Awards

Tool	What it does	Access
`create_award`	Create a reusable award (badge, profile frame, or certificate)	Write
`edit_award`	Update an award	Write

Content library

Tool	What it does	Access
`list_content_collections`	List content-library collections	Read
`create_content_collection`	Create a content collection	Write
`edit_content_collection`	Update a content collection	Write
`list_content_resources`	List the resources in a collection	Read
`create_content_resource`	Add a resource (link, video, or event reference)	Write
`edit_content_resource`	Update a content resource	Write

Troubleshooting

The agent asks which community to use

If you can access more than one community, tools need to know which one to target. Ask the agent to run list_tenants and then reference the community by the tenant_id it returns.

My client won't connect

The server uses the Streamable HTTP transport with OAuth. Make sure your client supports remote MCP servers (not only local stdio servers) and that you entered https://mcp.tightknit.ai/mcp exactly, including the /mcp path.

CLI & MCP Server

Run a local MCP server bundled with the Tightknit CLI, authenticated with an API key.

API Keys

Generate keys for direct access to the Tightknit Admin API.

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Let your agent set it up for you

Connection details

Connect your agent

How access works

Available tools

Communities

Events

Activity

Slack

Polls

Members

Posts and comments

Search

Feeds

Groups

Site

Journeys

Awards

Content library

Troubleshooting

CLI & MCP Server

API Keys

​Let your agent set it up for you

​Connection details

​Connect your agent

​How access works

​Available tools

​Communities

​Events

​Activity

​Slack

​Polls

​Members

​Posts and comments

​Search

​Feeds

​Groups

​Site

​Journeys

​Awards

​Content library

​Troubleshooting

​Related

CLI & MCP Server

API Keys

Let your agent set it up for you

Connection details

Connect your agent

How access works

Available tools

Communities

Events

Activity

Slack

Polls

Members

Posts and comments

Search

Feeds

Groups

Site

Journeys

Awards

Content library

Troubleshooting

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