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Fal.ai MCP connector

The Fal.ai connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and any MCP client browse Fal.ai models, estimate and track model spend, review request history, and organize generated assets into collections, with every action logged under the person who made it.

  • Connects with an API key
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  • No credit card
Claude Elaichi connected

Which Fal.ai models cost us the most this month?

Working in Fal.ai with Elaichi

  • List all Fal.ai models
  • List all Fal.ai models pricings
  • List all Fal.ai models usages
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Fal.ai List all Fal.ai models usages Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Fal.ai List all Fal.ai models pricings Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Fal.ai List all Fal.ai models Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Fal.ai Create a Fal.ai pricing estimate Megan Brooks · ChatGPT · 9:38 AM Done
Fal.ai List all Fal.ai models analytics Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Fal.ai to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Fal.ai MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Fal.ai MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Fal.ai MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Fal.ai MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Fal.ai MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Fal.ai to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

What teams do with Fal.ai through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Fal.ai is logged.

  • Engineering

    Pick the right model before you build

    Ask which Fal.ai models are available for a task, compare their pricing side by side, and get a cost estimate for the volume you expect before anyone writes a line of code.

  • Finance

    Reconcile the month's Fal.ai bill

    Pull billing events and usage by model for the period, match them against the invoice, and spot which endpoints drove the spike.

  • Creative

    Keep generated assets in order

    Find assets by tag, group them into collections for a campaign or client, favorite the keepers, and move the rest where they belong.

  • Product

    See which endpoints are actually used

    Review request analytics and per-endpoint traffic to learn which models your features lean on and which ones nobody calls anymore.

  • Operations

    Trace a failed or slow request

    Search Fal.ai request history for a specific job, check what was sent and when, and clean out old request payloads in bulk when they are no longer needed.

  • Engineering

    Document and reuse existing workflows

    List the workflows already set up in Fal.ai, open one to see how it is wired, and create a new one from a plain description of the steps.

Try asking

  • “Which Fal.ai models cost us the most this month?”
  • “Show failed Fal.ai requests by endpoint this week.”
  • “List Fal.ai workflows created since Monday and their owners.”

See all 74 Fal.ai tools →

What connecting Fal.ai gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Fal.ai account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which Fal.ai models cost us the most this month?

Show failed Fal.ai requests by endpoint this week.

List Fal.ai workflows created since Monday and their owners.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about Fal.ai runs, get answers.

Plain language questions answered from live Fal.ai models, workflows and requests.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Fal.ai.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Fal.ai models List List and search fal model endpoints. Returns a model object with endpoint_id and metadata. No required parameters. Supports filtering by endpoint_id, q, category, status, and expand.
List all Fal.ai models pricings List List pricing for fal model endpoints. Returns: next_cursor, has_more, prices. Accepts 1-50 endpoint IDs. Required: endpoint_id.
Create a Fal.ai pricing estimate Create Estimate usage costs for fal endpoints. Returns: estimate_type, total_cost, currency. Use historical_api_price with call_quantity per endpoint, or unit_price with unit_quantity per endpoint.
List all Fal.ai models usages List List fal model usage records for your workspace. Returns paginated time_series buckets, next_cursor, and has_more. Optional: start, end, endpoint_id, api_key_id, login_username, timeframe, expand.
List all Fal.ai models analytics List List time-bucketed analytics for fal model endpoints. Returns time_series buckets with per-bucket metrics (request_count, success_count, latency percentiles, error breakdowns), plus next_cursor and has_more. Use expand to choose which metrics are populated. Required: endpoint_id.

Tool catalog

74 Fal.ai tools ready to call.

Models, pricing, workflows, assets and requests covered without custom code.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

ML Engineering toolbox

Fal.ai · models and workflows

Fal.ai starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Platform toolbox

Fal.ai · endpoints and requests

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Finance toolbox

Fal.ai · pricing and billing events

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Product toolbox

Fal.ai · usage and analytics

Fal.ai starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Creative toolbox

Fal.ai · assets and outputs

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Support toolbox

Fal.ai · request searches and payloads

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Fal.ai toolbox.

Toolboxes scoped per team, so each group sees the Fal.ai tools it needs.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
FA

Fal.ai (ML Engineering)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
FA

Fal.ai (Platform)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
FA

Fal.ai (Finance)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
FA

Fal.ai (Product Analytics)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
FA

Fal.ai (Creative Studio)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
FA

Fal.ai (Support)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Share a Fal.ai account, never the key.

See who connected each account and how many teams and members use it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Fal.ai Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Fal.ai Models Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Fal.ai Models List Toolbox

Audit log

Answer who called Fal.ai and when.

Append-only log of time, person, action, type and Fal.ai resource touched.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Fal.ai digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch models

    Fal.ai

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Fal.ai

    Queued

Automations

A schedule drafts your Fal.ai digest.

Six steps fetch requests, group them, draft, wait for approval, then post back.

Fal.ai health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the models collection

Live

Models

1,284 ↓ 12%

Workflows

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Models created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

ML Engineering 34%

Platform 27%

Finance 21%

Product Analytics 18%

Collections and dashboards

Fal.ai usage counted, not asked for.

Four metrics, 14 days of workflow runs and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Fal.ai

All three can connect Fal.ai to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Fal.ai, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Fal.ai tools Allow or restrict single Fal.ai tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Fal.ai call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Fal.ai tools for your AI agents

74 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Fal.ai, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Questions, answered

How do I connect Fal.ai to Claude?

Connect Fal.ai in Elaichi first: you paste a Fal.ai API key into Elaichi, and that is the whole sign-in step, with no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in to Elaichi when Claude asks, and Fal.ai is available in your conversations.

Does Fal.ai work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Fal.ai is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Fal.ai once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Fal.ai data?

An agent can list the Fal.ai models you have access to, compare their prices, estimate what a batch of requests will cost, and report usage, analytics, and billing events by model or endpoint. It can search past requests, list and create workflows, and organize generated assets into collections, including favoriting, moving, or deleting a collection. Because Fal.ai exposes many actions, short concrete asks like "show usage by model for March" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Fal.ai give the AI access to my whole Fal.ai account?

The agent works inside the access of the Fal.ai API key that was connected, so it can only see the models, requests, assets, and billing the key itself can see. Elaichi can narrow that further with per-action restrictions, for example allowing usage reports but not deletions. Elaichi never widens access beyond what Fal.ai already grants.

Can my team share one Fal.ai connection?

Yes. One person connects Fal.ai in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles the Fal.ai API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every request, even though the connection is shared.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Fal.ai?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Fal.ai models, usage, and assets while restricting collection deletion or bulk removal of request payloads. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a Fal.ai connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Fal.ai and every other connector at once, without touching the Fal.ai key. A shared Fal.ai connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you ever want Fal.ai gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and every other client at the same time.

Does the Fal.ai MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Fal.ai is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Fal.ai?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Fal.ai. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Fal.ai call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Fal.ai?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Fal.ai: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Fal.ai in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot