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Paste this config and your agent can search a shared read-only demo workspace immediately. It is rate-limited and its writes are always rejected server-side — sign up for your own base to get your 5 free agent writes.
// shared demo workspace — this key works
{ "mcpServers": { "the-snip-demo": { "url": "https://the-snip.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer snip_kTHay3_E_PRcubQBouPQM8hnHoEKhWvXAJS6MCZwSPwqDX-hkmsU" } } } }
- Your agent searches the base mid-task (search_base) and gets the team's approved answers.
- It trusts what it finds — only human-approved items are canon.
- When it learns something new it files it back (create_snippet / create_api / create_doc / create_webpage) — every write lands in review.
- A human approves it in the review queue; the base stays trustworthy.
Hand one of these files to any AI agent — the combined file covers MCP + REST; the MCP file is just this page's contract:
// the-snip-for-agents.md — paste into your CLAUDE.md
// the-snip-mcp-setup.md — MCP-only setup, for your agent's context
- Create a workspace at the-snip.com — free, no card.
- Generate an API key in Settings → API keys.
- Add the server to your client with one of the configs below.
claude mcp add --transport http the-snip https://the-snip.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer snip_YOUR_WORKSPACE_KEY"
{ "mcpServers": { "the-snip": { "url": "https://the-snip.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:THESNIP_API_KEY}" } } } }
{ "mcp": { "servers": { "the-snip": { "url": "https://the-snip.com/mcp", "transport": "streamable-http", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer snip_YOUR_WORKSPACE_KEY" } } } } }
// Hermes (Nous Research) — ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers: the-snip: url: "https://the-snip.com/mcp" headers: Authorization: "Bearer snip_YOUR_WORKSPACE_KEY"
// VS Code (Copilot agent mode) —.vscode/mcp.json
{ "inputs": [ { "type": "promptString", "id": "thesnip-api-key", "description": "The-Snip workspace API key (snip_...)", "password": true } ], "servers": { "the-snip": { "type": "http", "url": "https://the-snip.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:thesnip-api-key}" } } } }
// OpenAI Codex CLI — ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.the-snip] url = "https://the-snip.com/mcp" bearer_token_env_var = "THESNIP_API_KEY"
{ "mcpServers": { "the-snip": { "httpUrl": "https://the-snip.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer $THESNIP_API_KEY" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "the-snip": { "type": "streamableHttp", "url": "https://the-snip.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer snip_YOUR_WORKSPACE_KEY" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "the-snip": { "url": "https://the-snip.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer snip_YOUR_KEY" } } } }
Any client that speaks Streamable HTTP and can send an Authorizationheader connects today. Config syntax per harness, verified against each project's official docs (July 2026):
ChatGPT and claude.ai custom connectors now work too — over OAuth.Add a custom connector pointed athttps://the-snip.com/mcpand your browser runs a one-time OAuth sign-in: log in to The-Snip, pick a workspace, and click Allow — no key to paste. The connector then reads and proposes (in-review) items over MCP, scoped to the workspace you chose. Revoke it any time under Settings → API keys → Connected apps.
Two setup notes for OAuth connectors. ChatGPT requiresDeveloper mode(Settings → Connectors → Advanced) and shows an “unverified” warning during connect — that is expected for any custom connector. Free workspaces connect too — reads are free, with 5 free agent writes (review-gated) before Pro & Team is needed. The static Authorization: Bearer snip_… header path above is unchanged and still the simplest option for Claude Code, Codex, and mcp-remote.
Stdio-only clients can bridge with mcp-remote, configured as a stdio server:
// stdio-only clients — mcp-remote bridge
npx -y mcp-remote https://the-snip.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer snip_YOUR_WORKSPACE_KEY"
Every agent write — create or update — lands with status "in review", and updating an approved item re-gates it. Agents structurally cannot set status: the input schemas reject unknown fields, so a smuggled status: "approved" field comes back as a 400, never a silent pass. A human approves items in the review queue, and only approved items are canon. That gate is what makes the base trustworthy enough to serve asa reviewed team memory for Claude Code— seehow agents read and write The-Snip.
{"error":{"code":"unauthorized","message":"Missing API key"}} {"error":{"code":"unauthorized","message":"Invalid API key"}}
Send the key as Authorization: Bearer snip_.... "Invalid API key" means the key was revoked or mistyped — generate a fresh one in Settings → API keys. A 401 from /mcp also carries WWW-Authenticate: Bearer error="invalid_token".
// 403 — the workspace's 5 free agent writes are spent
{"error":{"code":"forbidden","message":"You've used your 5 free agent writes — they landed in your review queue. Unlimited agent writes are part of Pro & Team ($8/user): https://the-snip.com/upgrade"}}
Reads (search_base, get_item, list_collections) are free on every plan, and every Free workspace gets 5 free agent writes (review-gated) — only writes that succeed count, and the ones already filed sit safely in the review queue. Unlimited agent writes are part of Pro & Team: upgrade atthe-snip.com/upgradeand the same key keeps writing.
{"error":{"code":"method_not_allowed","message":"MCP is POST-only (Streamable HTTP). See https://the-snip.com/settings/api-keys for setup."}}
The response carries Allow: POST. The endpoint speaks Streamable HTTP only — clients on the older SSE transport open with a GET and see this; switch the server entry to the Streamable HTTP type shown above.
How do I connect Claude Code to The-Snip's MCP server?
Generate a workspace API key in Settings → API keys, then add The-Snip to your project's.mcp.json with the server URLhttps://the-snip.com/mcpand the header Authorization: Bearer snip_... (in.mcp.json the entry also needs "type": "http"). Claude Code picks it up on the next session and gets all nine tools. Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code Copilot and any Streamable-HTTP MCP client connect the same way — see the per-harness config table above.
Nine. Reads (free on every plan): search_base, get_item, list_collections. Writes: create_snippet, create_api, create_doc, create_webpage, update_item, create_collection. Every write lands in review — agents cannot set status, so a smuggled status field returns 400.
Reads are free on every plan — any agent can search the base on the Free plan. Every Free workspace also gets 5 free agent writes (review-gated, lifetime). Unlimited agent writes — creating and updating items, and creating collections — are part of Pro & Team, $8/user/mo. Once the 5 free writes are spent, a write from a Free workspace returns 403 pointing at the-snip.com/upgrade, and the items already filed stay in the review queue.
Can I try the MCP server without signing up?
Yes. Paste the demo config above and your agent can search a shared read-only demo workspace immediately. The demo key is rate-limited and its writes are always rejected server-side — sign up for your own base to get your 5 free agent writes.
Do agents need their own seats or logins?
No. Agents authenticate with workspace API keys, not seats — you pay per human. Create a separate key per agent or per developer so any one can be revoked without touching the rest. ChatGPT and claude.ai custom connectors can also connect over a one-time OAuth sign-in instead of pasting a key.
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