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Kayako MCP connector

The Kayako connector brings your Kayako cases, replies, notes and tags to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent, so each person can find, update and answer support cases inside their own Kayako access, with every action logged.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Kayako to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Kayako once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Kayako.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Kayako API key. One person generates a token in Kayako and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

kayako
Kayako
Acquire
Ada
Atomicwork
CM Mobile Service Cloud
Crisp
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Connect Kayako to 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.

Connect Kayako to 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 today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Connect Kayako to 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.

Connect Kayako 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.

Use cases

What teams do with Kayako through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Support

    Catch the case up after a call

    Tell the agent what the customer said on the phone and it adds an internal note to the Kayako case, updates the status and adds the right tags, so the next person to open it sees the whole story.

  • Support

    Draft the reply before you send it

    Ask for a reply that takes the earlier posts and notes on the case into account, read it over, then have it sent as a reply on the case through the channel the customer wrote in on.

  • Support leadership

    Clear the backlog in one pass

    Ask which Kayako cases have had no reply since Friday, then raise their priority or move them to another team in bulk instead of opening each one.

  • Customer success

    See everything one account has open

    Before a renewal call, pull every open case for that organization in Kayako, with the latest note on each, so nothing the customer is waiting on comes as a surprise.

  • Quality

    Tag this week's cases by theme

    Have the agent read the week's new cases and tag them billing, login or shipping, so the weekly review shows where the volume is coming from without anyone sorting by hand.

  • Operations

    Trace a suspicious email to its source

    When a forwarded case looks off, pull up the original email exactly as it arrived in Kayako, trash it in bulk with the rest of the spam, and restore anything that was trashed by mistake.

Try asking

  • “Summarize open Kayako cases for the billing organization”
  • “Draft a reply to the oldest unanswered Kayako case”
  • “Which channels did last week's Kayako cases arrive on”

See all 345 Kayako tools below

AI tools

Kayako tools for your AI agents

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

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Kayako gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Kayako account.

The agent

Ask about Kayako cases in plain language.

The agent reads live Kayako cases, replies and channels to answer.

  • cases
  • replies
  • channels
  • organizations

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Summarize open Kayako cases for the billing organization

Draft a reply to the oldest unanswered Kayako case

Which channels did last week's Kayako cases arrive on

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach Kayako.

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

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

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

Emma Laurent

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

345 Kayako tools ready without custom code.

Browse Kayako cases, replies, channels and organization tools by name and method.

  • List all Kayako cases
  • Get single Kayako case by ID
  • Create a Kayako case
  • Update a Kayako case by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Kayako cases List List Kayako cases (conversations) ordered by updated_at descending. Returns: id, legacy_id, subject, portal, source_channel, last_public_channel, requester, creator, identity, assignee, assigned_agent, assigned_team, last_assigned_by, brand, status, priority, type, read_marker, sla_version, sla_metrics, form, custom_fields, last_replier, last_replier_identity, last_completed_by, last_updated_by,…
Get single Kayako case by ID Get Get a single Kayako case (conversation) by id. Returns: id, legacy_id, subject, portal, source_channel, last_public_channel, requester, creator, identity, assignee, assigned_agent, assigned_team, last_assigned_by, brand, status, priority, type, read_marker, sla_version, sla_metrics, form, custom_fields, last_replier, last_replier_identity, last_completed_by, last_updated_by, last_closed_by,…
Create a Kayako case Create Create a new Kayako case (conversation). Returns the created case including id, subject, state, status, priority, requester, assigned_agent, created_at, updated_at.
Update a Kayako case by ID Update Update a Kayako case (conversation) by id. Returns the updated case including id, subject, state, status, priority, requester, assigned_agent, created_at, updated_at. Required: id.
Kayako cases list organization cases List List all cases (conversations) belonging to a specific organization in Kayako, ordered by updated_at descending. Returns: id, legacy_id, subject, portal, source_channel, last_public_channel, requester, creator, identity, assigned_agent, assigned_team, last_assigned_by, brand, status, priority, type, read_marker, sla_version, sla_metrics, form, custom_fields, last_replier, last_replier_identity,…

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Kayako toolbox.

Support, escalations and reporting each see the Kayako tools their work needs.

  • Support
  • Escalations
  • Customer success
  • Quality
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Support toolbox

Kayako · cases and replies

Kayako starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Escalations toolbox

Kayako · high priority cases

9 Mar 2, 2026

Customer success toolbox

Kayako · organization cases

24 Feb 27, 2026

Quality toolbox

Kayako · replies and channels

Kayako starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Operations toolbox

Kayako · bulk case updates

31 Jan 30, 2026

Reporting toolbox

Kayako · case volume by channel

12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates work Kayako cases without a credential.

See who connected each Kayako account and which teams and members share it.

  • Support EMEA
  • Support US
  • Escalations
  • Billing
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
KA

Kayako (Support EMEA)

Connected by Emma Laurent

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
KA

Kayako (Support US)

Connected by James Whitfield

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
KA

Kayako (Escalations)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
KA

Kayako (Billing)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

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

Kayako (Customer success)

Connected by Clara Nowak

Personal • Active Not shared
KA

Kayako (Onboarding)

Connected by Michael Brennan

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Kayako call is written down.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each case and reply.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

Kayako Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

Kayako Cases Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

Kayako Cases List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule fires and Kayako cases move.

Fetch cases, group them, draft a digest, approve, then reply back into Kayako.

Kayako digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. Fetch cases

    Kayako

    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 Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Kayako

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Kayako case health, computed on a schedule.

Four metrics, 14 days of cases created, and a breakdown by team.

Kayako health

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

Live

Cases

1,284 ↓ 12%

Replies

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Cases created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Support EMEA 34%

Support US 27%

Escalations 21%

Billing 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Kayako to Claude?

Connect Kayako in Elaichi first: Kayako connects with an API key, so you paste the key from your Kayako admin area once and you are done, with no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Kayako cases are available in Claude from that point on.

Does Kayako work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

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

What can an AI agent actually do with my Kayako data?

With Kayako connected, an agent can find cases, read the posts and notes on a case, draft and send replies, add internal notes, change status or priority, add tags and update many cases at once. It can also list the cases open for one organization, pull up the original email behind a case, and trash, restore or empty trashed cases. Because Kayako has a lot of actions, short concrete asks like "show me open cases for Acme" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Kayako give the AI access to every case in the helpdesk?

No. Every request runs as the person who signed in, so the agent sees only the Kayako cases, notes and organizations that person can already see in Kayako. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example limiting a team to reading cases, but it can never widen access beyond what Kayako itself allows that person.

Can my team share one Kayako connection?

Yes. One person connects Kayako with the API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else on the team ever handles the key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log records exactly who replied to a case or changed its status.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Kayako?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work action by action, so you can block trashing cases, emptying the trash or bulk updates while still allowing replies and notes. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT or any other client at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

What happens to a Kayako connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Kayako through every client at once. If they had shared the Kayako connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. If you want Kayako gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client together.

Put Kayako in front of your team

Fourteen days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.