Bring Async Check Ins
to Claude Desktop
Learn how to connect Range to Claude Desktop and start using 11 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Range MCP Server?
Connect your Range.co account to any AI agent and take full control of your team communication and check-in orchestration through natural conversation. Range provides a premier platform for keeping remote and hybrid teams synchronized, and this integration allows you to retrieve team metadata, monitor check-in updates (snippets), and track organizational objectives directly from your chat interface.
What you can do
- Check-in & Update Orchestration â List all managed updates and retrieve detailed metadata including snippet content programmatically.
- Team & User Lifecycle Management â Access and monitor your workspace teams and retrieve detailed user profile metadata directly from the AI interface.
- Objective & Goal Intelligence â Access organizational objectives to maintain a clear overview of team alignment and progress via natural language.
- Activity & Snippet Control â Retrieve specific snippets and check-in details to stay informed about daily team accomplishments.
- Operational Monitoring â Track system activity and manage workspace metadata using simple AI commands to ensure your team remains high-performing.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Range API Key from your developer settings
3. Start managing your team check-ins from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
No more manual check-in reading or missed status updates. Your AI acts as a dedicated operations manager or team coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Engineering Managers â quickly retrieve daily updates and monitor team progress without switching apps.
- Product Leads â automate the retrieval of objective statuses and track feature delivery via natural conversation.
- Operations Teams â streamline the retrieval of user metadata and monitor organizational health directly within the chat.
Built-in capabilities (11)
Post a new standup update
Get details for a specific objective
Get details of a specific check-in snippet
Get details for a specific team
Get details of a specific update (check-in)
Get details for a specific team member
List all team goals
List team objectives
List all teams
Can be filtered by target_id or for_user_id. List team check-ins (updates)
List all users in the organization
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Range to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 11 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
Range in Claude Desktop
Range and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Range 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 Range in Claude Desktop
The Range MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS â a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 11 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
Range for Claude Desktop
Every tool call from Claude Desktop to the Range MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can my AI automatically find the recent check-ins for a specific user?
Yes! Use the list_updates tool with the for_user_id parameter. Your agent will respond with the most recent check-in snippets and status updates in seconds.
How do I find my Range API Key?
Log in to Range, go to Settings > Developer Settings > API Keys, and generate a new key for your account.
Can I see team objectives via the AI?
Yes, use the list_objectives tool to retrieve all active goals and targets configured in your Range workspace.
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 đ 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 đ icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.