# Getting Started with AI Assistants > Connect Claude, Cursor, or another assistant to Groupthink in a few minutes. Source: https://groupthink.com/docs/getting_started_ai/ Last updated: 2026-09-16 Groupthink works inside the AI assistant you already use. Once connected, you can ask your assistant things like "What do I know about Sarah before my 2pm?" and it answers from your actual Groupthink record. It can also save notes for you and send the Groupthink notetaker into a meeting. This works through **MCP** (Model Context Protocol), a standard way for AI assistants to use other apps. You do not need to know how it works. You just add Groupthink as a connector. > **Want your assistant to do the setup?** Give it this page and ask it to connect you: > > ```text > Set me up with Groupthink by following https://groupthink.com/docs/getting_started_ai.md > ``` > > A coding assistant with terminal access (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) can run the setup commands and tell you when it needs you. **One step is always yours:** approving the connection in your browser. No assistant can do that for you, and none should be able to. ## Before you start - A Groupthink account. If you do not have one yet, sign up at [app.groupthink.com](https://app.groupthink.com). The [regular getting started guide](/docs/getting_started) covers the basics. - An assistant that supports MCP, such as Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop, or Claude Code) or Cursor. ## Step 1: Add Groupthink to your assistant Everything below uses the same address: ```text https://api.groupthink.com/v1/mcp-server ``` **claude.ai or Claude Desktop** (adding it in one adds it in both) 1. Open **Settings**, then **Connectors**. 2. Choose **Add custom connector**. 3. Paste the address above and save. Leave the optional fields blank. 4. Click **Connect**. These are screens only you can click through. An assistant helping you here can walk you through them, but cannot press the buttons. **Claude Code** Two commands in your terminal. Your assistant can run both for you. ```bash claude mcp add --transport http --scope user groupthink https://api.groupthink.com/v1/mcp-server claude mcp login groupthink ``` `claude mcp login` opens your browser on the approval screen in Step 2. `--scope user` makes Groupthink available in every project, not just the folder you ran it in; use `--scope local` to keep it to the current folder. `groupthink` here is just the name you are giving the connection, and it has to match in both commands. If that name is taken, pick another one and use it in both. To see what you already have, run `claude mcp list`. You can also do the second step by hand: run `/mcp` inside Claude Code, choose **groupthink**, and pick the authenticate option. Slash commands only work when you type them yourself, so an assistant doing your setup should use `claude mcp login` instead. **Cursor** In Cursor settings, open the MCP Servers section and add a remote HTTP server with the address above. Leave the authorization header empty. These are screens only you can click through. **Something else?** Paste this to your assistant and let it do the setup: ```text Add the Groupthink MCP server to my config: streamable HTTP transport at https://api.groupthink.com/v1/mcp-server. It uses OAuth, so there is no token to set. Then list the tools it gives you. ``` ## Step 2: Approve the connection Your browser opens a Groupthink approval screen. You get two choices: - **Read and write:** your assistant can look things up, save notes, and send the notetaker to meetings. - **Read only:** your assistant can only look things up. If you are not sure, start with read only. You can reconnect with full access later. Only approve a connection you just started yourself. Any app can pick any name, so an approval screen you did not expect is a reason to stop. If an assistant is doing your setup, it is waiting on you here. Tell it when you have approved, and it can finish the check below. ## Step 3: Check that it worked In Claude Code, run: ```bash claude mcp get groupthink ``` The status should read **Connected**. If it reads **Needs authentication**, the approval in Step 2 did not finish. Run `claude mcp login groupthink` again and complete it in the browser. Then prove it works. Start a new session and ask your assistant: > Using Groupthink, list the people I am falling behind with. If it answers from your record, you are done. If it says it has no Groupthink tools, the session started before the connection did: start another one. In claude.ai, Claude Desktop, or Cursor, the connector shows as connected in the same settings screen where you added it. Still stuck? See [Troubleshooting](/docs/mcp_server#troubleshooting) in the MCP reference. ## Step 4: Ask it something Start a new conversation and try one of these: - "Who am I meeting with this afternoon, and what should I prepare?" - "What do I know about sarah@example.com?" - "Show me the relationships I am falling behind on." - "Save this as a note on sarah@example.com: we agreed to revisit pricing in Q3." - "Send the Groupthink bot to this Zoom and tell me what got covered: https://zoom.us/j/..." Your assistant picks the right Groupthink tool on its own. Your answers get better as Groupthink captures more of your conversations. ## What your assistant can do once connected - **Look people up:** who you know, what you have learned about them, who you are falling behind with. - **Work from your calendar:** who you are meeting today, and what got covered in a past meeting. - **Write to your record:** save notes, keep open threads and facts about a person current. - **Handle action items:** list what you owe, and check items off. - **Join live meetings:** send the Groupthink bot to a call, read the transcript as it happens, and save notes. Full list of what it can call: [tools your assistant can call](/docs/mcp_server#reference-tools-your-assistant-can-call). ## Going further - [MCP Server reference](/docs/mcp_server): every client, API tokens for scripts, the full list of tools, and troubleshooting. - [groupthink.com/agents](https://groupthink.com/agents): a two-minute overview of what an assistant can do with Groupthink.