Craft.io MCP Server for Claude DesktopGive Claude Desktop instant access to 13 tools to Check Craft Status, Create Item, Get Company, and more
Claude Desktop is Anthropic's native application for interacting with Claude AI models on macOS and Windows. It was the first consumer application to ship with built-in MCP support, making it the reference implementation for the Model Context Protocol standard.
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The Craft.io app connector for Claude Desktop is a standout in the Productivity category — giving your AI agent 13 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"craftio": {
// Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
}
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About Craft.io MCP Server
Connect your Craft.io product management account to any AI agent and simplify how you coordinate your product strategy, manage features, and monitor roadmaps through natural conversation.
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Craft.io to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 13 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
What you can do
- Workspace Oversight — List all product management workspaces and retrieve detailed metadata and configurations.
- Feature & Epic Tracking — List, query, and create new items (features, stories, epics) within your workspaces to manage your backlog.
- Portfolio Control — List and query product portfolios to understand high-level organizational distribution and strategy.
- Data Insights — Fetch complete metadata, descriptions, and current status for any specific product item via AI.
- Roadmap Monitoring — Track the progress of features and epics directly from your agent to stay on top of your release cycle.
- Operational Visibility — Check account status and verify project metadata directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.
The Craft.io MCP Server exposes 13 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 13 Craft.io tools available for Claude Desktop
When Claude Desktop connects to Craft.io through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning product-management, roadmap-software, feature-tracking, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Verify connectivity
Create an item
Get company details
Get competitors
Get company employees
Get company financials
Get company news
Get item details
Get portfolio details
List workspace items
List portfolios
List workspaces
Search companies
Connect Craft.io to Claude Desktop via MCP
Follow these steps to wire Craft.io into Claude Desktop. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Open Claude Desktop Settings
claude_desktop_config.jsonAdd the MCP Server
mcpServers sectionRestart Claude Desktop
Start using Craft.io
Why Use Claude Desktop with the Craft.io MCP Server
Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Craft.io through the Model Context Protocol.
Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network
Craft.io + Claude Desktop Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Craft.io MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation
Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies. all through natural language
Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary
Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation
Example Prompts for Craft.io in Claude Desktop
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Craft.io immediately.
"List all active workspaces in my Craft.io account."
"Show me the last 5 items in the 'Mobile App Roadmap' (ID: 10293)."
"Create a new feature: 'AI Search Integration' in workspace 'ws_88231'."
Troubleshooting Craft.io MCP Server with Claude Desktop
Common issues when connecting Craft.io to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
Server not appearing after restart
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).Authentication error
Tools not showing in chat
Craft.io + Claude Desktop FAQ
Common questions about integrating Craft.io MCP Server with Claude Desktop.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.