--- title: "Contract Parsing MCP for the AI you already use" description: "Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or another MCP client to Contracko parsing jobs, credits, preflight, secure uploads and structured results." canonical: "https://contracko.com/mcp/parsing" --- # Contract Parsing MCP for the AI you already use Source: https://contracko.com/mcp/parsing # Contract Parsing MCP for the AI you already use Check credits, validate a batch, create secure uploads, start parsing jobs, and retrieve structured results through one governed MCP connection. [Start 7-day free trial](https://app.contracko.com/register?appLanguage=en) Book demo No credit card required Watch video Set up Contracko MCP for your agent ## A parser workflow the AI can follow Each step is explicit, inspectable, and backed by the same Parsing Platform controls. ### Know the cost before you queue Check available credits and preflight the proposed batch before creating paid work. > “Check our parser credits and preflight a 12-file extraction batch before you queue anything.” ### Upload through a secure handoff Create short-lived upload URLs for the files your client can transfer, without putting file bytes inside MCP tool arguments. > “Create upload URLs for these three agreements and tell me which files still need to be transferred.” ### Track jobs to structured results Create a parsing job, inspect its status, and retrieve the completed extraction from the conversation. > “Start the approved batch, then list the jobs and summarize completed versus failed files.” ## Upload and parsing are separate steps That separation keeps large files out of chat arguments and avoids implying support a client does not have. 1. 01 Preflight the batch Validate file counts and credit requirements before any parser job is admitted. 2. 02 Transfer supported files Claude, ChatGPT or Codex uploads the bytes to Contracko's short-lived URL. If it cannot, upload in the Contracko app and continue there. 3. 03 Queue and retrieve Create the job only after upload, then poll its status and retrieve the structured output when ready. ## Connect Contracko MCP to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or your CLI Pick your assistant for setup steps that match its current MCP support, from a two-click connector to a single command in the terminal. Contracko MCP endpoint https://app.contracko.com/mcp Install prompt Set up Contracko MCP for your agent Claude ChatGPT / Codex Cursor CLI, VS Code and coding agents Microsoft 365 Copilot ### Claude Add Contracko from Claude's connector directory with one click. It works on web, desktop, mobile and Cowork, on every Claude plan including Free. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner enables it first. On Pro and above you can also install the Contracko plugin (Customize, Plugins) for the four contract skills, then connect from its Connectors tab. 1. Choose Connect to Claude, sign in to Contracko and pick your workspace. Claude Code signed in with the same Claude account picks the connector up too. 2. Added Contracko as a custom connector before? Remove that one, or you will see every tool twice. [Connect to Claude](https://claude.ai/directory/connectors/contracko) ### ChatGPT / Codex ChatGPT connects to MCP servers as apps. On Business and Enterprise you create one in developer mode, and an admin can publish it to the whole workspace. Pro developer mode is read-only. 1. Open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode. 2. Add an app with the Contracko endpoint and sign in with OAuth. Optionally, an admin can publish it to the whole workspace under Workspace settings → Apps. [Open ChatGPT plugins](https://chatgpt.com/plugins) [Read the ChatGPT developer mode guide](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/12584461-developer-mode-apps-and-full-mcp-connectors-in-chatgpt-beta/) ### Cursor Cursor installs a custom MCP server straight from a link, so there is no configuration file to edit. Click the button, confirm the server in Cursor, and sign in with your Contracko account. 1. Click Add to Cursor. Cursor opens and asks you to confirm the contracko server and its endpoint. 2. Sign in with OAuth and pick a workspace. The Contracko tools then appear in Cursor's MCP list. The first command below is the setup prompt; the second adds the skills library. [Add to Cursor](cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=contracko&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2FwcC5jb250cmFja28uY29tL21jcCJ9) [Cursor MCP docs](https://cursor.com/docs/mcp/install-links) - Setup prompt Fetch and follow the setup instructions for Contracko MCP at https://contracko.com/mcp/install/prompt.md - Skills, every tool npx skills add https://contracko.com - **Q:** Claude Code **A:** Codex CLI codex mcp add contracko --url https://app.contracko.com/mcp ### Microsoft 365 Copilot Admin-enabled Microsoft 365 Copilot only reaches external tools through federated connectors: read-only, published by the vendor, and switched on by your Microsoft 365 admin. Contracko write workflows are not a direct install in Copilot Chat. 1. Ask your Microsoft 365 admin to enable the read-only Contracko connector once it is listed in the Connectors Gallery. 2. Then connect it yourself in Copilot Chat → Settings → Sources and sign in to Contracko. Talk to us about a Copilot rollout ## You stay in control, whichever assistant you use. Claude, ChatGPT or your own coding agent reads only what your account can reach, and nothing is written, changed or deleted without your approval. That makes it safer than a standing API key, and it lets you keep the assistant that already understands your work. ### You are in the driver's seat The assistant acts as you, inside the workspace you picked, and never gets its own account. Anything you cannot open in Contracko, Claude or ChatGPT cannot open either. ### Read and write are separate You approve read or write access at connection time, and write-capable actions go through your client's approval step before they run. ### Every action is visible Created and updated records carry normal validation and land in activity history, labelled as coming from MCP. ## Parser MCP questions Credits, uploads, job admission, and client compatibility explained plainly. - **Q:** What is an MCP server, and why should I use it? **A:** MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that lets AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT connect to outside tools and data. An MCP server exposes what a product can do, and Contracko's exposes your contracts, deadlines and reviews. The point is that you stop switching tools: ask for a renewal check or a risk review in the assistant you already have open, and the answer comes from your real contracts rather than something you pasted in. - **Q:** Which AI assistants can I connect? **A:** Claude on web, desktop, mobile and Cowork, from Claude's connector directory, and Claude Code, through the Contracko plugin. ChatGPT, through its own connector settings. Cursor, with a one-click install. Codex, Codex CLI, Warp, Kilo Code, Qwen Code, Antigravity, VS Code and GitHub Copilot in VS Code, through their MCP configuration. Microsoft 365 Copilot, when an admin enables the read-only connector. Gemini CLI as well, though the Gemini app does not support custom MCP servers yet. Any client that speaks MCP over HTTP with OAuth works, the [setup prompt](https://contracko.com/mcp/install/prompt.md) walks each one through it, and the [setup documentation](https://contracko.com/docs/mcp-server) covers the rest, including Grok, OpenClaw and Hermes. - **Q:** Is the MCP server included in my plan? **A:** Yes. Every Contracko plan includes it, at no extra cost and with no add-on to buy. You connect with your own account, so what you can do through an assistant is exactly what you can already do in the Contracko app. - **Q:** Does checking or preflighting a batch use parser credits? **A:** No. Credit checks and preflight help validate the work before queue admission. Credits are committed when an eligible parsing job is successfully admitted. - **Q:** Can I drag files into any chat and have MCP parse them? **A:** Only when that client can transfer the file bytes to the secure upload URL returned by Contracko. MCP itself does not carry the document bytes. Use the Contracko app when your client cannot complete the upload step. - **Q:** What happens if activity logging fails after a job is queued? **A:** A successfully admitted parser job remains queued. Contracko records the queue activity on a best-effort basis so a logging failure cannot encourage a retry that creates duplicate work. - **Q:** Is there a skills library for my agent? **A:** Yes. The open [Contracko skills library](https://github.com/contracko/contracko-skills) teaches Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents how to connect, import a contract pile, review renewals and risk, and create and file new agreements. Connect the MCP server first with the setup prompt on this page. Coding agents can then install the skills with npx skills add https://contracko.com or as a Claude Code plugin. - **Q:** How is this different from the Contracko API? **A:** The [contract management API](https://contracko.com/features/contract-management-api) and the [Parsing API](https://contracko.com/developers/api/parsing/reference) are for software a developer builds and runs. The MCP server is for an assistant a person talks to, so there is nothing to write and nothing to host. Either way you go through the same workspace permissions and leave the same audit trail, so the difference is who is driving, not what they are allowed to do. - **Q:** Are my contracts used to train AI models? **A:** Not by Contracko. Under every AI provider's commercial API terms, customer content is excluded from model training, and we hold multiple Zero Data Retention agreements with AI providers. Your AI client is a separate provider with its own settings: turn off model training there (Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini each have a switch) before you connect real contracts. Details are on our [security page](https://contracko.com/features/security). ## MCP products [Contract Management MCP AI contract management inside your assistant: extract terms, flag risks and liabilities, review, compare and track renewal dates. Secure by default.](https://contracko.com/mcp/contract-management) ## Put contract extraction inside your AI workflow Connect the Parser MCP, validate the batch first, and keep paid queue admission explicit. [Start 7-day free trial](https://app.contracko.com/register?appLanguage=en) [See Parsing Platform pricing](https://contracko.com/parsing-platform#parsing-pricing) AI agent reading this? The whole page is also available as [Markdown](https://contracko.com/mcp/parsing.md)