---
title: Connect a client
description: Add EmitKit to Claude Code or any MCP client that can send a request header.
sidebar:
  order: 1
---

Any MCP client that supports remote (Streamable HTTP) servers with a custom
request header can connect. Create an [API key](/api/api-keys) for the Project
the agent should write to, then configure the client.

## Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http emitkit https://api.emitkit.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer emitkit_REPLACEWITHKEY"
```

## Other clients

Most clients accept a JSON server entry like this:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "emitkit": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.emitkit.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer emitkit_REPLACEWITHKEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Connectors that can only sign in with OAuth can't connect yet: EmitKit's MCP
server accepts API keys only.

A request without a key is rejected with `401`. A wrong key still lets the
client connect and list tools, because EmitKit checks the key when a tool is
called: if the first tool call returns an authentication error, check the key.