Claude

Connect Ranktide to claude.ai, the Claude desktop app and Cowork, and upload the SEO skills.

Claude on the web, the Claude desktop app and Cowork share one set of connectors and skills. Add Ranktide once under Customize and it works in all three. For Claude Code in the terminal, see Claude Code.

Add the connector

Anthropic offers custom connectors on Free, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise plans. Free plans can add one custom connector.

In Claude, open Customize → Connectors.
Select Add, then Add custom connector.
Name it Ranktide, enter https://app.ranktide.io/mcp as the server URL and select Continue.
Keep the authentication settings Claude detects. If Claude asks how to register its OAuth client, choose Register automatically. You don't need a client ID or secret.
Select Add, then Connect if Claude shows it.
Sign in to Ranktide in the window that opens, pick your organisation and approve the connection.

On Team and Enterprise plans, an owner adds custom connectors in Organization settings → Connectors. Members then find Ranktide in Customize → Connectors and select Connect to sign in with their own Ranktide account.

Use Ranktide in a chat

In a new chat, select + in the message box, open Connectors and check that Ranktide is on. Then send the connection check:

Use Ranktide to check my connection and list my projects. Don't run any research.

Claude should return your account, credit balance and projects. These calls use no credits.

Upload the skills

Skills need code execution. In Settings → Capabilities, turn on Code execution and file creation. Some versions call it Create and edit files. On Team and Enterprise plans, an owner has to allow skills for the organisation first.

Claude takes one skill per zip, with the skill folder at the root of the zip. Each download on the skills page is in that format. Upload the SEO report skill along with any others: the other skills use it to save their reports.

Download the skills you want from the skills page, for example seo-audit.zip and seo-report.zip.
In Claude, open Customize → Skills.
Select +, then Create skill, then Upload a skill.
Choose a skill's zip file. Repeat for each skill.

ranktide-skills.zip holds every skill in one archive. It's for agents that read skills from a folder, like Claude Code. Upload the single-skill zips to Claude instead.

Claude uses a skill when your request matches it. You can also type / in the message box and pick the skill, or name it in your request: "Use the SEO audit skill on example.com."

Use Ranktide in Cowork

Cowork uses the connectors and skills you set up in Customize, and loads them when a task starts. After you add or update them, start a new Cowork task. Type / in the message box to check that the Ranktide skills appear.

Update the skills

Ranktide updates its tools on the server. Start a new chat to load them.

Claude has no option to replace an uploaded skill, so update a skill by removing it and uploading the new version:

In Customize → Skills, open the skill's menu and choose Delete.
Download the new zip from the skills page and upload it as above.
Start a new chat or Cowork task.

Troubleshooting

What you see	What to do
Claude gives general advice without Ranktide	Check that Ranktide is on under + → Connectors in a new chat, then resend the connection check.
Sign-in fails or the connector shows an error	Remove Ranktide in Customize → Connectors, add it again and repeat the sign-in.
You can't add a second custom connector	Free plans allow one custom connector. Remove one you don't use, or upgrade your Claude plan.
Claude rejects a skill zip	Upload a single-skill zip from the skills page, not `ranktide-skills.zip`.
Skills don't run	Check that code execution is on in Settings → Capabilities.

Claude's own guides cover the current interface: custom connectors and skills. For anything else, see the MCP reference or email support@ranktide.io.