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Connect to Claude

Connect Zigpoll to Claude (Claude Desktop and Claude Code) with MCP so you can analyze survey responses and build surveys in plain English.

Connect your Zigpoll surveys to Claude using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Once connected, Claude can read your survey responses, run analytics, and even create surveys — just ask in plain English. No coding required.

This guide covers both Claude Desktop and Claude Code (CLI). For other AI clients, see the MCP overview.

Prerequisite: get your Zigpoll API key

  1. Log into your Zigpoll dashboard.

  2. Go to Settings → Manage Integrations.

  3. Scroll to API Key, click Add Key under Private Keys, label it "MCP", and copy it.

You won't paste this key into a config file. When you connect, Claude opens a browser window to authorize with Zigpoll, and you paste the key on the Zigpoll authorization page. Claude then stores a secure token, so you only do this once.

Claude Desktop

  1. Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config.

  2. Add Zigpoll to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zigpoll": {
      "url": "https://mcp.zigpoll.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

  1. Save and restart Claude Desktop.

  2. Claude opens a browser window to connect to Zigpoll. On the Zigpoll authorization page, paste the API key from the previous step and click Authorize.

Claude Code (CLI)

  1. Add the server from your terminal:

  1. Run /mcp inside Claude Code and select zigpoll to authenticate.

  2. A browser window opens — paste your API key on the Zigpoll authorization page to approve access.

How authentication works: mcp.zigpoll.com uses a standard browser-based OAuth login. Setting a static Authorization: Bearer <api-key> header will not work — the key is exchanged for a token through the authorization page.

Verify your connection

Ask Claude:

"List my Zigpoll accounts"

or

"Show me my recent surveys"

Claude will use the Zigpoll tools automatically to fetch your data.

Example prompts

  • "Summarize the responses for my NPS survey from the last 30 days"

  • "What devices and browsers are my respondents using?"

  • "How do NPS scores correlate with purchase type?"

  • "Create a new post-purchase survey for my account"

For the full list of tools and more examples, see the MCP overview. For ideas on what to build, see Ideas for Using Zigpoll MCP.

Troubleshooting

  • No authorization window appears — run /mcp in Claude Code, or look for a "Connect"/"Authenticate" prompt in Claude Desktop and trigger it manually.

  • Tools not appearing — restart Claude after adding the server.

  • Authentication errors — make sure you're using a valid API key that hasn't been revoked. You can regenerate one from Settings → Manage Integrations → API Key.

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