You will need an MCP key to connect any AI assistant to the hosted Patchworks MCP server. This authorises your AI assistant to access and interact with your Patchworks implementation. You can use the same MCP key for multiple AI assistants, or generate one key per assistant - it's entirely up to you.
The steps
To generate an MCP key, follow the steps below.
1
Access Patchworks API keys
Select the settings option (at the bottom of the navigation menu):
Then select the API keys option:
2
Choose which type of key to generate
Click the create API key button:
Then click in the API key type field and select MCP key:
3
Save the key
The new key is added to your API keys list, with a scope set to MCP. For example:
Copy/paste this in to your preferred password manager, ready for use later.
