Bring Performance Management
to Claude Desktop
Learn how to connect AssessTEAM to Claude Desktop and start using 7 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the AssessTEAM MCP Server?
Connect your AssessTEAM account to any AI agent and simplify how you manage employee evaluations, project timesheets, and organizational profitability through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Performance Management — List and query employee evaluations and KPI assessments to track workforce development.
- Timesheet Control — Create and list time logs for project tracking to ensure accurate labor reporting.
- Project Profitability — Retrieve detailed financial reports and margin analysis for your active projects.
- Team Directory — List employees, teams, and organizational structures to manage your workforce hierarchy.
- Project Oversight — Monitor all current projects and their associated profitability metrics in real-time.
- Compliance & Reporting — Fetch history of recorded time logs and evaluations directly via AI commands.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your AssessTEAM API Key (found in your account settings)
3. Start managing your human capital from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- HR Managers — quickly retrieve performance reviews and monitor team evaluations via simple AI queries.
- Operations Leads — track project hours and verify labor costs directly from the workspace.
- Business Owners — get instant bird's-eye views of project profitability and employee productivity via the AI assistant.
Built-in capabilities (7)
Create a new timesheet entry
Get project profitability report
List team employees
List organizational teams
List performance evaluations
List AssessTEAM projects
List timesheet entries
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect AssessTEAM to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 7 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
AssessTEAM in Claude Desktop
AssessTEAM and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect AssessTEAM 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 AssessTEAM in Claude Desktop
The AssessTEAM 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 7 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
AssessTEAM for Claude Desktop
Every tool call from Claude Desktop to the AssessTEAM MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see the profitability metrics for a specific project?
Yes! Use the get_profitability_report tool. Your agent will retrieve detailed financial data, including cost vs. revenue and margin analysis for your active projects.
How do I add a new timesheet entry for an employee?
Use the create_timesheet_entry action. Provide the Employee ID, Project ID, number of hours, and the date in YYYY-MM-DD format to log the work instantly.
Is it possible to list all team members via AI?
Absolutely. Use the list_employees query. The agent will retrieve the complete directory of collaborators and team members associated with your account.
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.