SideDrawer MCP connector
The SideDrawer connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and other AI clients create and organize SideDrawer drawers and folders, apply templates, and check collaborators, with every action running as the signed-in person and recorded in an audit log.
- Connects with an API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Show all drawers created for the Acme client this month.
Working in SideDrawer with Elaichi
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Get single SideDrawer drawer by ID
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SideDrawer drawers get home
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SideDrawer drawers get home lite
How to connect SideDrawer to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
SideDrawer MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
SideDrawer MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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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.
SideDrawer MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
SideDrawer MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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.
SideDrawer MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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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 SideDrawer to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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 SideDrawer through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in SideDrawer is logged.
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Wealth management
Set up a new client's drawer
After the first meeting, ask the agent to create the client's SideDrawer drawer, apply the firm's standard template, and add the folders for tax, estate and insurance documents in one go.
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Client onboarding
Check who has accepted their invitation
Before a follow-up call, ask which collaborators on a drawer are active and which invitations are still outstanding, so nobody is chased twice.
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Operations
Reorganize folders across a book of clients
Move or copy folders between drawers, rename them to match the current filing scheme, and tidy up folder relations without opening each drawer by hand.
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Estate planning
Build a drawer from a template
Apply the estate planning template to a family's SideDrawer drawer so the executor, will and power of attorney folders are ready before documents arrive.
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Compliance
Review who can see each drawer
List the collaborators and teams attached to a client's drawer and flag anyone who should no longer have access.
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Client service
Find a drawer and its folders fast
Ask for a client's drawer by name, get the folder list back, and answer where a document belongs while the client is still on the phone.
Try asking
- “Show all drawers created for the Acme client this month.”
- “Summarize folder activity across the onboarding template.”
- “List drawers missing branding before the client review.”
What connecting SideDrawer gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your SideDrawer account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Show all drawers created for the Acme client this month.
Summarize folder activity across the onboarding template.
List drawers missing branding before the client review.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask SideDrawer questions, get real answers.
Type a plain language question and pull live drawer and folder records back instantly.
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
One endpoint, every client, no shared keys.
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot all reach SideDrawer through a single governed org endpoint.
Tool catalog
78 SideDrawer tools, zero custom code.
The full catalog of drawer and folder methods is ready to use without writing code.
Toolboxes
Every team gets its own toolbox.
Scope drawer and folder tools separately for each team that touches SideDrawer.
Shared connections
Delegated access, no credentials ever shown.
See who connected each SideDrawer account and how many teams and members share it.
Audit log
Every SideDrawer action, traced to someone.
The audit log records when, who, what happened, type and resource for every call.
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.
SideDrawer digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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✓
Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch drawers
SideDrawer
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
SideDrawer
Queued
Automations
A schedule fires, a person approves, done.
Records are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back to SideDrawer.
SideDrawer health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the drawers collection
Drawers
1,284 ↓ 12%
Folders
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Drawers created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Client Services 34%
Compliance 27%
Operations 21%
Sales East 18%
Collections and dashboards
Sidedrawer numbers, refreshed on their own.
Four metrics and a 14 day chart of records created, broken down by team automatically.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for SideDrawer
All three can connect SideDrawer to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over SideDrawer tools | Allow or restrict single SideDrawer 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 SideDrawer 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.
SideDrawer tools for your AI agents
78 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect SideDrawer, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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Questions, answered
How do I connect SideDrawer to Claude?
First connect SideDrawer in Elaichi by pasting in your SideDrawer API key, which is the only sign-in step. There is 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 https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. Sign in with your Elaichi account and SideDrawer is available in the conversation.
Does SideDrawer work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once SideDrawer 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 SideDrawer once and every client uses it.
What can an AI agent actually do with my SideDrawer data?
An agent can create, find, update and delete SideDrawer drawers, apply a template to a drawer, and create, move, copy, rename or remove the folders inside it. It can also list the collaborators on a drawer, show who is active, who still has an open invitation, and which teams are attached. Short concrete asks such as "list the folders in the Morgan family drawer" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting SideDrawer give the AI access to every drawer in my organization?
No. The agent only reaches the SideDrawer drawers, folders and collaborators that the connected account can already see, because every call runs inside that person's own SideDrawer access. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example to read-only or to specific actions, but it can never grant more than SideDrawer itself allows.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in SideDrawer?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading drawers and folders in SideDrawer while restricting delete, move or update. 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 SideDrawer connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to SideDrawer through every AI client at once, with no need to rotate the API key. A shared SideDrawer connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you want to remove SideDrawer entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client.
Does the SideDrawer MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. SideDrawer 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 SideDrawer?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use SideDrawer. 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 SideDrawer call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for SideDrawer?
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 SideDrawer: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put SideDrawer 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