> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scanova.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# MCP overview

> Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible AI tools to your Scanova account.

The **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** is an open protocol for connecting AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, and others) to external tools and data over a standard JSON-RPC interface. Instead of copy-pasting into a dashboard, you talk to Scanova in plain language from inside the AI tool you already use — "list my active QR codes," "create a QR code for our new landing page," "show me last week's scan analytics."

Scanova runs a real, dedicated MCP server for this — it's not just an API wrapper glued onto an existing endpoint. The server is open source: [github.com/trycon/scanova-mcp](https://github.com/trycon/scanova-mcp).

<Note>
  **How this page was verified.** The setup flow described here (and in [Setup](/mcp/setup)) is read directly from the dashboard's MCP integration component and its supporting config, not guessed. The tool list in [Available tools](/mcp/available-tools) is read from the actual `tools/list` handler in the public `trycon/scanova-mcp` source — not from that repo's README, which is out of date (it advertises only 7 tools; the deployed server exposes 42). Live screenshots of the setup panel could not be captured this pass — the test account provisioned for this review unexpectedly required passkey MFA with no accessible backup code, which blocked an automated login. Everything below is still verified against real, current source — just not against a live click-through.
</Note>

## What you can do with it

Once connected, your AI assistant can act on your Scanova account through the same Management API the dashboard itself uses. Broadly, that covers:

* **QR codes** — create, list, update, retrieve, activate/deactivate, delete, download (PNG/JPG/PDF/SVG/EPS or a print-ready PDF), and restyle an existing QR code's visual design.
* **Analytics** — account-level usage counters, per-QR scan analytics (by device, geography, date), and exporting analytics or raw scan logs.
* **Folders** — create, list, rename, delete, and move QR codes between folders.
* **Forms & lead lists** — list, inspect, update, and delete lead-capture forms and lead lists, and attach/detach them to a QR code.
* **Users** — list, invite, remove, and change the role of users on the account.
* **Scanova's own docs** — a bridge tool lets the assistant search or read this documentation site live while it works, so it can look up something like the pattern-info schema before calling another tool.

See [Available tools](/mcp/available-tools) for the complete, per-tool list with descriptions.

## Where it lives

In the dashboard, go to **Integrations** and open the **Model Context Protocol** card (category: Workflow). This opens a setup panel with your server URL, per-AI-tool connection steps, and a token fallback for clients that don't support OAuth — see [Setup](/mcp/setup) for the full walkthrough.

## Access requirements

The MCP integration is gated behind an entitlement quota codename, `INTEGRATION_MCP`, checked on both the dashboard card (to show **Connect** instead of **Upgrade**) and on every request the MCP server makes to the Management API on your behalf. This is an admin/plan-managed grant rather than a quota you turn on yourself.

<Warning>
  Don't treat any specific plan-tier name as confirmed here. The frontend's own quota-to-plan mapping table carries an explicit maintainer comment stating its plan-tier values are unverified placeholders (not sourced from the real plans table), so a claim like "MCP requires the Pro plan" cannot be confirmed from the code alone. What's confirmed: this is gated by the `INTEGRATION_MCP` codename specifically (distinct from the general `MANAGEMENT_API` quota that the plain Management API uses), and a Pro-plan account used for this review needed that codename granted directly before the integration unlocked. If your account shows **Upgrade** on the MCP card, contact [support@scanova.io](mailto:support@scanova.io).
</Warning>

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Setup" icon="plug" href="/mcp/setup">
    Generate a connection, and wire it into Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, or a config-file-based client.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Available tools" icon="list-check" href="/mcp/available-tools">
    The full, verified list of every tool the server exposes.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Related

* [MCP setup](/mcp/setup) — connect Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, or a config-file client to the server described here.
* [Available tools](/mcp/available-tools) — the complete, per-tool reference for everything the server exposes.
* [Management API overview](/api-reference/management-api/overview) — the `environment=mcp` token type and its `INTEGRATION_MCP` quota gate, documented in full.