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Understanding the Benefits<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud’s MCP server helps integrate your organization’s data with your existing AI tools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prerequisites<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Known Issues and Limitations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud’s MCP server currently supports the following AI tools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To enable JumpCloud MCP<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your data is stored outside of the US, check which login URL you should be using depending on your region. If your organization uses LDAP, RADIUS, or requires firewall allow list configuration, the Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) will also be region specific. See JumpCloud Data Centers<\/a> for the URLs, FQDNs, and IP addresses.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n The JumpCloud MCP server endpoint is <\/a>https:\/\/mcp.jumpcloud.com\/v1<\/kbd> and currently supports API key and OAuth authentication. The MCP server doesn\u2019t support the entirety of JumpCloud\u2019s APIs. Instead, it offers structured tools specifically designed for AI clients, focusing on the following key areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This method transmits the API key to public API endpoints, mirroring your exact permissions in JumpCloud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While our standard API accepts API keys in the x-api-key header, the MCP server requires the key to be sent in the Authorization header using the Bearer scheme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This method uses browser-based authentication to JumpCloud to generate a token and enable MCP with the client. After configuring the MCP server in the client, you\u2019ll be redirected to JumpCloud to authenticate via OAuth. Successful admin authentication activates the integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To integrate JumpCloud’s MCP server with Claude<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud is now connected to Claude, and you can ask or perform supported JumpCloud operations directly in your chats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To integrate JumpCloud’s MCP server with Cursor<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To use OAuth<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n { To use API authentication<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n { After adding the configuration, you can use Cursor to start a session and ask questions and perform operations related to JumpCloud. For example \u201cHow many Windows devices are in my JumpCloud account?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n See Cursor – Model Context Protocol (MCP)<\/a> documentation to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To integrate JumpCloud’s MCP server with VS Code<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n { You can now interact with your JumpCloud org’s data using MCP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The JumpCloud\u2019s MCP server currently supports syncing the following with your AI tools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n MCP is an open standard that enables communication and synchronization of data between external tools (like JumpCloud) and AI models such as large language models (LLMs) and AI agents.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n No. The MCP server utilizes many of the same key areas of JumpCloud that APIs administer, but connects directly with AI models instead of custom automation tools or scripts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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“mcpServers”: {
“jumpcloud-mcp”: {
“url”: “https:\/\/mcp.jumpcloud.com\/v1”
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“mcpServers”: {
“jumpcloud-mcp”: {
“url”: “https:\/\/mcp.jumpcloud.com\/v1”,
“headers”: {
“Authorization”: “Bearer YOUR_JUMPCLOUD_API_KEY”
}
}
}
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“inputs”: [{
“type”: “promptString”,
“id”: “jc-api-key”,
“description”: “JumpCloud API Key”,
“password”: true
}],
“servers”: {
“JumpCloud”: {
“url”: “https:\/\/mcp.jumpcloud.com\/v1”,
“headers”: {
“Authorization”: “Bearer ${input:jc-api-key}”
}
}
}
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