Claude Code handles everything from the terminal, so there is no file to edit and nothing to install.

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Before you start

You need Claude Code and a SocialRouter account. No API key: Claude Code signs you in itself. Sign up at socialrouter.io if you have not yet.
1

Run one command

--scope user makes SocialRouter available in every project on your machine, which is what you want in doubt.
2

Sign in

Start Claude Code and type /mcp. Pick socialrouter, and it opens your browser on the SocialRouter consent screen. Approve, and the connection is live. Claude Code keeps the token and reconnects on its own from now on.
Use a key where a browser flow cannot run, such as a shared config or a machine you never sit in front of. Pass it as a header and no sign-in ever runs:
Create the key in the dashboard. It is shown once, at creation.
--scope project writes the server into the repo’s .mcp.json so your teammates get it too, and each of them signs in as themselves the first time they use it:
Everyone is billed for what they run. If your team would rather use keys, point the header at an environment variable rather than typing a key into a committed file. Claude Code expands ${VAR} when it reads it:
3

Check it is connected

socialrouter should show up as connected. Inside a session, typing /mcp shows the same thing plus the tools it adds.
4

Ask for something

Get me Satya Nadella’s LinkedIn profile.
Claude finds the right service on its own. If you are not sure what to ask, try “What social media data can you pull with SocialRouter?”

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Removing it

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If something goes wrong

Call the endpoint yourself to see the real answer:
A 401 means the credential is wrong, revoked, or missing from the header. Anything else with "serverInfo" in it means the endpoint is fine and the problem is in the client config.
Remove the server and add it again: claude mcp remove socialrouter --scope user, then the command above. Adding it with a header configured also skips the sign-in entirely, because a client that holds a credential never asks for one. Authentication has the rest.
The connection may have been disconnected from the dashboard, where every app you approved is listed. Run /mcp and authenticate again to restore it.
${SOCIALROUTER_API_KEY} is expanded from the environment Claude Code runs in. Export it in your shell profile, or drop the header and sign in instead.

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Next steps

Tools reference

What list_services, run, get_extraction and get_account do.

Skills

Ready-made workflows on top of the API, installable as a Claude Code plugin.