Bring Airfocus
to Claude Desktop
Learn how to connect airfocus to Claude Desktop and start using 6 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the airfocus MCP Server?
Connect your airfocus account to any AI agent and take full control of your product management and strategic roadmapping workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Workspace & Roadmap Orchestration — List all strategic workspaces programmatically, retrieving detailed metadata and custom fields tailored for every product board
- Item Lifecycle Management — Programmatically create and update tasks, features, and initiatives, monitoring status transitions and high-fidelity descriptions in real-time
- Prioritization Intelligence — Retrieve and update prioritization scores and custom field data to coordinate your product strategy and team alignment perfectly
- Cross-functional Sync — Ensure your engineering context matches product roadmaps by querying specific item details directly through your agent
- Infrastructure Monitoring — Access high-fidelity metadata for your workspaces and manage field definitions to maintain a perfectly coordinated project environment
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your API Key from your airfocus Member settings
3. Start orchestrating your product strategy from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual toggling between browser tabs to check feature statuses or roadmap priorities. Your AI acts as your dedicated product manager and strategic coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Product Managers — instantly retrieve roadmap summaries and update prioritization scores using natural language commands
- Engineering Teams — check product requirements and sync metadata without leaving your creative workspace
- Strategic Leads — automate the oversight of roadmap metrics and workspace distribution through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (6)
Create an item
Get item details
List custom fields
List workspace items
List all workspaces
Update an item
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect airfocus to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 6 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
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Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
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Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
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Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
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Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network
airfocus in Claude Desktop
airfocus and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect airfocus to Claude Desktop through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for airfocus in Claude Desktop
The airfocus MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 6 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Claude Desktop only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
airfocus for Claude Desktop
Every tool call from Claude Desktop to the airfocus MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find my airfocus API Key?
Log in to airfocus, go to Member settings > API keys, and generate a new key for your integration.
Can I update custom fields via AI?
Yes! The update_airfocus_item tool allows your agent to modify any field by providing a JSON object with the field IDs and new values.
How do I find my Workspace ID?
Use the list_airfocus_workspaces tool to retrieve your complete directory of workspaces along with their unique high-fidelity IDs.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the 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?
Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the 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.
Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?
Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.
Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?
Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.
Server not appearing after restart
Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).
Authentication error
Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.
Tools not showing in chat
Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.