Model Context Protocol
Connect Claude — or any AI — to your I'mBoard
I'mBoard ships a Model Context Protocol server. Your AI tool reads your boards, meetings, KPIs, and ontology — and writes updates back.
Add I'mBoard to your AI tool
Pick your client. Each button jumps to a copy-paste install guide on docs.imboard.ai.
Claude Desktop
Anthropic's desktop app — native MCP host.
Install guideClaude Code
Anthropic's coding CLI — MCP-aware.
Install guideCursor
AI-first code editor with MCP support.
Install guideCline
Open-source VS Code agent with MCP.
Install guideChatGPT Apps
Coming soonOpenAI's app platform — MCP host.
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Open-source IDE agent with MCP support.
Install guideWhat your AI can do
Once connected, your AI tool sees the same KPIs, meetings, and commitments you do — typed, scoped, and ready to reason about.
Browse and search KPIs
Pull any KPI from the catalog by name, owner, or tag — without leaving your AI tool.
Pull commitments from past meetings
Ask your AI what was decided last quarter and which owners are still on the hook.
Draft an investor update
Generate a first-draft monthly update from your real KPI trends and meeting notes.
Update KPI values from CSV, Stripe, or QBO
Pipe your AI tool's output back into I'mBoard so the catalog stays current.
Generate a board pre-read
Compose a pre-read combining KPI deltas, prior commitments, and your strategic narrative.
Audit cycle-over-cycle changes
Ask "what changed since last board" and get a structured, source-cited diff.
Why connect your AI through I'mBoard
A generic LLM can summarize a board deck. It cannot tell you that ARR moved 14% quarter over quarter, that the churn metric your CFO uses is defined differently than the one in your investor update, or that the commitment your VP of Sales made last August is overdue. I'mBoard anchors your AI in a real KPI ontology — typed metrics, owners, dimensions, and history — so its answers map to your business, not a guess.
We own MCP; you own your tools. Pick Claude, Cursor, Cline, or whatever comes next — I'mBoard does not lock you into one AI vendor. The contract is the standard: any MCP-compliant client gets the same scoped, typed access. If your team switches AI clients next quarter, your data layer doesn't have to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is MCP?
Model Context Protocol is an open standard for connecting AI tools to external systems. It is how Claude, Cursor, Cline, and a growing list of AI clients read from and write to your data. See the MCP spec for details.
Do I need a special license?
No. MCP access is included with every I'mBoard workspace at no additional cost. You generate a personal API token from your account settings and paste it into your AI client.
Does my data leave my account?
Only when you ask it to. The MCP server runs against your I'mBoard workspace using a scoped token. Your AI client (Claude, Cursor, etc.) is the place where data is processed — choose a client whose data-handling policy you trust.
Can I revoke an MCP-connected client?
Yes. Each AI client uses its own token. Revoke a token from your account settings and that client loses access immediately. Other tokens keep working.
Which client do you recommend for a non-developer?
Claude Desktop. It runs as a regular Mac or Windows app, MCP servers are configured through a simple JSON file, and you can ask plain-English questions about your board without writing code.
Does this work with ChatGPT?
OpenAI has been rolling out MCP-style support for ChatGPT Apps. We will publish a verified install path once it is broadly available — until then this client is marked "Coming soon" so you do not end up on a broken install screen.
What is the difference between MCP and the REST API?
The REST API is for system-to-system integrations: cron jobs, ETL, internal tools. MCP is for AI-to-system: it gives a Claude or Cursor session a structured, typed view of your boards so it can act on them in conversation. Most teams will use both.
Bring your AI to your board
I'mBoard gives your AI tool a real, typed view of your boards, KPIs, and commitments — so its answers map to your business, not a guess.