Deprecated — The local Slite MCP server is no longer supported. Please use the remote MCP server instead: Slite MCP (endpoint:
Deprecated — The local Slite MCP server is no longer supported. Please use the remote MCP server instead: Slite MCP (endpoint: https://api.slite.com/mcp).The instructions below are kept for historical reference only.
The Slite MCP Server allows you to use the Slite API in your MCP clients. It is compatible with any MCP client, such as Cursor or Claude Desktop .
Please refer to this guide if you would like to set up the remote Slite MCP Server: Slite MCP .
Your npx needs to be at a recent enough version,
11.6.0+ working.1) Install Claude Desktop or any other MCP client
You can take the guide above as inspiration for other clients.
2) Create a personal API Key
Click your workspace logo in the top-left corner.
Select Settings from the menu, then go to the
API section.Click
Create new key .
Personal API keys should not be shared — they grant access to all the sources you have access to.
3) Configure Claude to use Slite MCP
You need to edit the Claude configuration file to enables it to connect to MCP servers.
# Create the Claude desktop config file if it doesn't existtouch "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"# Opens the config file in TextEditopen -e "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"# Alternative method using Visual Studio Codecode "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"
Then, add the appropriate configuration in this
claude_desktop_config.json file.{"mcpServers": {"slite": {"command": "npx","args": ["-y", "slite-mcp-server"],"env": {"SLITE_API_KEY": "YOUR_SLITE_API_KEY"}}}}
4) Start Using MCP on Claude
Restart your Claude Desktop application
You will see Slite in the MCP tools (hammer icon at the bottom right)
Start asking questions like “Find the notes on Q2 plans and give me a summary”
