ActionKit MCP Starter
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Starter code for a MCP server powered by ActionKit
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- useparagon
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- Provides Slack actions through MCP protocol
- Works with both Claude Desktop and Cursor
- Uses Paragon Connect Portal for user authentication
- Defaults to Slack actions only (filter removable)
- Quick setup via npm and config files
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
ActionKit MCP StarterCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Clone the repo, run npm install and npm run build, then configure your Claude Desktop or Cursor config file with the absolute path to build/index.js and fill in the USER, PARAGON_PROJECT_ID, and SIGNING_KEY environment variables with your Paragon credentials. The user must authenticate to Slack via the Paragon Connect Portal (e.g., demo.useparagon.com) before using the tools.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"actionkit mcp starter": {
"mcp-actionkit": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"ABSOLUTE_PATH/mcp-actionkit/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"USER": "",
"PARAGON_PROJECT_ID": "",
"SIGNING_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp-actionkit": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"ABSOLUTE_PATH/mcp-actionkit/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"USER": "",
"PARAGON_PROJECT_ID": "",
"SIGNING_KEY": ""
}
}
}ActionKit MCP Starter
Background
This repo is an MCP server demoing ActionKit. Connect this server to your Claude Desktop or Cursor to get access to all of ActionKit's Slack actions. In this example it is assumed that your user has authed via the Paragon Connect Portal. For the purposes of this demo we filtered actions to Slack actions, but this setting can be changed by removing the Slack filter in theindex.ts file.
Claude Desktop Setup
1) First installClaude Desktop
2) Clone this repo and run npm install
3) Next run a npm run build to build a javascript file that will be used by Claude Desktop
4) Our last step is to point Claude Desktop to our MCP server
Create/edit the Claude config file using a text editor i.e. vi ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
In the claude_desktop_config.json file paste this configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-actionkit": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"ABSOLUTE_PATH/actionkit-mcp-starter/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"USER": "",
"PARAGON_PROJECT_ID": "",
"SIGNING_KEY":""
}
}
}
}
USER env variable, this will correspond to the logged in user authenticated in the Paragon Connect Portal
Use demo.useparagon.com to quickly login as your user and authenticate to Slack (This is a necessary for the Slack tools to be used on your behalf)
Note: ABSOLUTE_PATH can be found by <CMD> clicking a file in your Finder on Mac
5) Open Claude Desktop and there should be a hammer icon with the list of Slack tools
Additionally there should also be a plug icon where you can verify that your app is connected to our MCP
Cursor Setup
1) InstallCursor if not installed already
2) Clone this repo and run npm install
3) Next run a npm run build to build a javascript file that will be used by Cursor
4) Our last step is to point Cursor to our MCP server
Create/edit the Cursor config file using a text editor i.e. vi ~/.cursor/mcp.json
In the mcp.json file paste this configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-actionkit": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"ABSOLUTE_PATH/actionkit-mcp-starter/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"USER": "",
"PARAGON_PROJECT_ID": "",
"SIGNING_KEY":""
}
}
}
}
USER env variable, this will correspond to the logged in user authenticated in the Paragon Connect Portal
Use demo.useparagon.com to quickly login as your user and authenticate to Slack (This is a necessary for the Slack tools to be used on your behalf)
Note: ABSOLUTE_PATH can be found by <CMD> clicking a file in your Finder on Mac
5) Open Cursor and a Cursor Settings page should appear with available MCPs
You can also check by going to Settings>Cursor Settings>MCP
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