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# Connect Claude Desktop & Cowork

Claude Desktop and Claude Cowork connect to the Dapta MCP through a **personalized plugin**. When you mint your key, Dapta builds a plugin (a `.zip`) with your key and all 33 skills baked in. You upload that one file and you are done. No connector URL, no OAuth.

{% hint style="info" %}
You will need to have minted your key first, the plugin is generated from the key reveal dialog. If you have not done that yet, see [Mint your API key](/dapta-mcp/setup/mint-your-api-key.md).
{% endhint %}

Dapta walks you through these same steps on the **Claude Desktop / Cowork** tab of the MCP Access page:

<figure><img src="/files/9aQP9WIwMVTYhpT5wB9r" alt="The Connect your Claude client card in Dapta with the Claude Desktop / Cowork tab selected, showing three steps: get your Dapta plugin, install the plugin in Claude Desktop, and start using it, plus a note that the plugin works in Claude Cowork and Claude Code"><figcaption><p>The Claude Desktop / Cowork tab on the MCP Access page. The steps below match what Dapta shows here.</p></figcaption></figure>

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**Step 1:** Get your Dapta plugin. In the one-time key dialog that appears right after you mint, click **Download Claude Desktop plugin (.zip)**. This downloads `dapta-ai-plugin.zip` with your key and skills inside.

<figure><img src="/files/y83deVj6j7BY0dj7qlv4" alt="The Save your new MCP key dialog showing the API key, a Download Claude Desktop plugin button, the Claude Code connect command, an acknowledgment checkbox, and a Close button"><figcaption><p>The one-time key dialog. Click Download Claude Desktop plugin to get your personalized plugin.</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="warning" %}
Already closed the dialog, or already have a key? You cannot download the plugin again from an existing key. **Revoke the current key and mint a new one** to get a fresh plugin. Only one active key is allowed per workspace.
{% endhint %}

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**Step 2:** Install the plugin in Claude Desktop. Open Claude Desktop and go to **Settings**, then **Customize**, then **Personal plugins**. Click the **+** button, then **Upload local plugin**. Drag in the `dapta-ai-plugin.zip` you downloaded.

{% hint style="danger" %}
Upload the zip **as-is. Do not unzip it first.** Claude Desktop expects the packaged `.zip`.
{% endhint %}

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**Step 3:** Click **Upload**, then toggle the plugin **on**. The MCP connects automatically and all skills load. There is no connector to add and no OAuth to approve.

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**Step 4:** Start using it. Open Claude Cowork and ask anything about your Dapta workspace. Claude automatically uses the skills and the key bundled in the plugin. For example:

> **Create a voice agent in Dapta**

and the `create-voice-agent` skill takes over.

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{% hint style="info" %}
**Where the plugin works.** The plugin runs in **Claude Cowork** and **Claude Code** today. It does not work in the regular Claude.ai chat.
{% endhint %}

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## Next step

You are connected and the skills are already loaded, no separate bundle step needed for Desktop. Run a quick check to confirm everything works.

{% content-ref url="/pages/OD9WDmDwZ4XnWpq0R1gZ" %}
[Verify your connection](/dapta-mcp/setup/verify.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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