Connect an AI agent (MCP)

Sumi Studio also offers a remote MCP server that clients such as Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex CLI and Cursor can connect to. Paid model requests use your account's credits, priced the same as on the website; just connecting doesn't start any paid generation.

Set it up once

Open the connection guide (/connect) from “MCP” in the left sidebar. Choose the agent you use: besides claude.ai, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, ChatGPT desktop app, Claude Code, Codex CLI and Cursor, there are Cursor CLI, WorkBuddy, QwenWork, Doubao Work, DeepSeek Harness, OpenClaw and Hermes Agent; if yours isn't listed, choose “Other MCP clients”. Copy the prompt or the server URL and follow that agent's steps. Agents that manage their own MCP servers (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor) can follow the prompt directly, and in Cursor you can also click “Add to Cursor” to add it in one click. In Claude and ChatGPT, enter the server URL in their connector settings.

The first time the agent calls the server, your browser opens the Sumi Studio sign-in page. After you sign in, review the permissions the agent is asking for, uncheck any you don't want to give (keep at least one), and click “Allow”. The browser then returns to the agent, and the connection is set up.

What the agent can do

• Browse models and skills, get quotes, and create generation tasks;
• Wait for tasks to finish, read results, and cancel tasks;
• List and download your assets, and upload new ones;
• Read and create projects and canvases, place assets on a canvas, and edit canvas content;
• With the matching permissions, manage skills, workspace files, video edits, the trash, share links and voice cloning;
• Ask you questions in the conversation when it needs your decision.

Each permission on the approval page is its own switch. An agent with read permissions only can't start paid tasks; when it needs more permissions later, it sends you back to the approval page.

Cost and safety

The price is shown before every generation, and the agent spends the same credits you use on the website. When you're not sure, ask the agent for a quote first. Tasks the agent starts appear in your task list and history like any other task.

The approval page shows the app's name and where the browser will return after you approve. Self-registered apps are marked “Unverified app”; continue only if you started this connection yourself.

Manage connected agents

“Settings › Authorized apps” lists every connected agent with its permissions, when it was connected and when it was last used. You can disconnect one at any time; it loses access immediately and has to connect again. Changing your password signs out your other devices and disconnects every agent too.

If an agent reports that the server is unavailable, the site's admins may have paused agent connections for now; the page that “MCP” in the sidebar opens explains this at the top.