How do I connect an AI agent?

SentryDock for agents is the same account you already use, reached from a chat. You create a key once. Each helper (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Grok, or the sentrydock command) uses that key to search indexed news, read alerts, and change monitors — with the same plan limits as the website.

Open Settings → Agents and create a key. Copy it immediately; SentryDock will not show the full key again. Then follow the guide for your tool: Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or Grok.

After it is connected, you should not think in “API calls”. Ask “What’s the news in Peru?” or “What’s on my account?” The helper looks it up and answers with sources.

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The path is the same for every tool:

Sign in on a paid plan and open Settings → Agents.
Create a key and copy it.
Follow the Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or Grok guide, or paste a snippet from the Agents page.
In the chat, ask “What’s on my SentryDock account?” then a news question.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sentrydock": {
      "url": "https://www.sentrydock.com/mcp/YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

pnpm add -g sentrydock
export SENTRYDOCK_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY
sentrydock news search "news in Peru"

curl -s https://www.sentrydock.com/api/v1/news/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SENTRYDOCK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"news in Peru","hours_ago":48,"limit":20}'

Create a key Open setup page See plans

How it feels in the chat

You talk in normal language. The helper looks up your SentryDock account and the news index, then answers with sources. You should not need to know tool names.

A good first message is “What’s on my SentryDock account?” It should come back with your plan, monitors, delivery, and latest alerts. Then ask “What’s the news in Peru?” or “What did my alerts say today?”

News questions search items SentryDock already indexes — not a live crawl of the whole web.
“My alerts” and “news for me” are a check of the inbox. The helper does not get a live ping; ask again when you want a fresh look.
Ask it to confirm before it creates, deletes, pauses everything, changes delivery, or edits your profile.
It cannot change billing, invite a team, run predictions, or delete your user. Revoke the key in Settings → Agents to cut it off.

Pick a guide

Claude — Claude.ai connector, Claude Code, or Desktop config.
Cursor — MCP in Cursor Settings or a project file.
ChatGPT — custom connector, or Actions if connectors are locked.
Grok — custom connector on grok.com.
What to ask — how a useful conversation goes.

How do I connect an AI agent?

How it feels in the chat

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