Claude Code¶

Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal-based coding agent. Wire the Kuali Connector into it and every Claude Code session can pull data from, and (if you choose) make changes to, your Kuali instance.

Set it up¶

With a profile already configured:

kuali mcp setup --profile myschool --client claude-code

Claude Code picks up MCP servers from its configuration automatically — no restart needed for new sessions.

Verify¶

claude mcp list

You should see a kuali entry. In an active Claude Code session, type /mcp to see the available tools.

Ask it something¶

From within a Claude Code session:

"List the apps on our Kuali instance and note which ones haven't been published yet."

"Pull the schema for app abcd1234 and add validation for the budget field."

Claude Code is good at multi-step operations — asking it to pull a form schema, propose an edit, and then call kuali_forms_update is a natural flow. Just make sure you've got sandbox-not-production set as the active profile when you're experimenting.

Read-only mode¶

For production instances:

kuali mcp setup --profile prod --client claude-code --tools read-only

See Read-only mode for what's gated and what's still available.

Multiple profiles¶

Like Claude Desktop, only one kuali entry lives in the config at a time by default. You can add additional entries manually by editing ~/.claude.json (look under mcpServers), giving each a unique name like kuali-sandbox and kuali-prod.

Troubleshooting¶

kuali mcp verify --client claude-code — diagnoses the setup.
claude mcp list --verbose — shows the raw server command and args.
More help: Troubleshooting.