Quickstart

Connect an agent to Sila in under a minute.

Every path below ends the same way: a browser tab opens, the user signs in to Sila, picks a workspace, and clicks Approve. Permissions follow the approving user’s workspace role automatically.

Claude (web / desktop)

Open claude.ai/new#settings/customize-connectors → + Add (top right) → Add custom connector, give it any name, and paste into Remote MCP server URL:

https://silahq.com/api/mcp-sse

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http sila https://silahq.com/api/mcp-sse

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code and pick sila to complete the sign-in.

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sila": {
      "url": "https://silahq.com/api/mcp-sse"
    }
  }
}

Cursor detects the OAuth requirement and opens the consent page on first use.

ChatGPT

Settings → Connectors → Create (requires Developer Mode), server URL https://silahq.com/api/mcp-sse, authentication OAuth.

Verify the connection

Ask your agent to run sila_list_channels. If you see the workspace’s channels, you’re live. A read-only sanity sequence:

1. sila_list_channels to see what exists
2. sila_list_members to see who’s here
3. sila_search_messages with a query to confirm scoped search works

Next steps

• Authentication covers what the token can and cannot do
• Tools overview lists the full catalog by permission level
• Workspace setup playbook walks through standing up a workspace end to end