How do I use SentryDock with Claude?
Claude talks to SentryDock over a remote connector. You do not install a SentryDock app inside Claude. You give Claude the address of your account, which includes your key, then you chat as usual.
After it connects, Claude should be able to see your monitors and search news. Start with “What’s on my SentryDock account?” then a news question. See what to ask.
On Claude.ai (browser):
- Create a key in Settings → Agents and copy it.
- In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors (sometimes under Custom connectors).
- Add a custom connector. Name it SentryDock.
- Paste the MCP address from the snippet below, with your real key in place of YOUR_API_KEY.
- Start a new chat and ask “What’s on my SentryDock account?”
{
"mcpServers": {
"sentrydock": {
"url": "https://www.sentrydock.com/mcp/YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http sentrydock https://www.sentrydock.com/mcp/YOUR_API_KEYClaude Code in the terminal
If you use Claude Code, run the Claude Code snippet once in a project (your key in place of YOUR_API_KEY), then restart the session. Claude Code will load SentryDock as a tool the same way other connectors work.
Claude Desktop
Open Claude Desktop settings and edit the MCP config (on a Mac that file lives under your Library Application Support Claude folder). Paste the JSON snippet. Restart Desktop. If Desktop only accepts a local command, keep using Claude.ai or Claude Code for this remote address.
What to say first
- “What’s on my SentryDock account?” — plan, monitors, delivery, latest alerts.
- “News in Peru” or “copper strikes in Chile” — ranked headlines already in the index.
- “Show my latest alerts” — this account’s hits.
- “Run my cocoa monitor now” — same as Run now in the app, after you confirm.
- “Pause every monitor” — only after you confirm.