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SideDrawer MCP connector

The SideDrawer connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor 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.

  • 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 SideDrawer to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect SideDrawer once

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

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

  3. Paste a SideDrawer API key. One person generates a token in SideDrawer 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.

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SideDrawer
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Egnyte
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PandaDoc
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 SideDrawer 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 SideDrawer 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 SideDrawer 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 SideDrawer 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 SideDrawer through Elaichi

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.”

See all 78 SideDrawer tools below

AI tools

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.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting SideDrawer gets you

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

The agent

Ask SideDrawer questions, get real answers.

Type a plain language question and pull live drawer and folder records back instantly.

  • drawers
  • folders
  • templates
  • branding

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 or Cursor

MCP clients

One endpoint, every client, no shared keys.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor all reach SideDrawer through a single governed org endpoint.

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

78 SideDrawer tools, zero custom code.

The full catalog of drawer and folder methods is ready to use without writing code.

  • Create a SideDrawer drawer
  • Get single SideDrawer drawer by ID
  • Update a SideDrawer drawer by ID
  • Delete a SideDrawer drawer by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Create a SideDrawer drawer Create Create a new Drawer (sidedrawer) in SideDrawer. Returns the created Drawer including id, name, description, firstName, lastName, default, status, userSidedrawerRole, and subscriptionFeatures. Required: name.
Get single SideDrawer drawer by ID Get Get a single Drawer (sidedrawer) by id in SideDrawer. Returns: id, copyPlanRequests, copySidedrawerCollaborators. Required: id.
Update a SideDrawer drawer by ID Update Update a Drawer (sidedrawer) by id in SideDrawer. Returns the updated Drawer including id, name, description, firstName, lastName, default, status, userSidedrawerRole, and subscriptionFeatures. Required: id.
Delete a SideDrawer drawer by ID Delete Delete a Drawer (sidedrawer) by id in SideDrawer. Returns the deleted Drawer including id, name, description, firstName, lastName, default, status, userSidedrawerRole, and subscriptionFeatures. Required: id. Pass hardDelete=true for permanent deletion.
SideDrawer drawers get home Get Get the home dashboard view of a Drawer (sidedrawer) in SideDrawer, including owner details, subscription features, and folder type summaries with localized display values and counts. Returns: id, type, copyPlanRequests, copySidedrawerCollaborators. Required: sidedrawer_id.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own toolbox.

Scope drawer and folder tools separately for each team that touches SideDrawer.

  • Client onboarding
  • Compliance
  • Operations
  • Sales
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Client onboarding toolbox

SideDrawer · drawers and templates

SideDrawer starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Compliance toolbox

SideDrawer · folder audits and retention

9 Mar 2, 2026

Operations toolbox

SideDrawer · drawer structure and home views

24 Feb 27, 2026

Sales toolbox

SideDrawer · client drawer setup

SideDrawer starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Support toolbox

SideDrawer · folder access and troubleshooting

31 Jan 30, 2026

Finance toolbox

SideDrawer · billing folders and records

12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Delegated access, no credentials ever shown.

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

  • Client Services
  • Compliance
  • Operations
  • Sales East
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
SI

SideDrawer (Client Services)

Connected by Emma Laurent

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
SI

SideDrawer (Compliance)

Connected by James Whitfield

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
SI

SideDrawer (Operations)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
SI

SideDrawer (Sales East)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

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

SideDrawer (Support Tier 2)

Connected by Clara Nowak

Personal • Active Not shared
SI

SideDrawer (Finance)

Connected by Michael Brennan

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every SideDrawer action, traced to someone.

The audit log records when, who, what happened, type and resource for every call.

  • 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]

SideDrawer Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

SideDrawer Drawers Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

SideDrawer Drawers 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, a person approves, done.

Records are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back to SideDrawer.

SideDrawer digest

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

  1. Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. Fetch drawers

    SideDrawer

    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

    SideDrawer

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Sidedrawer numbers, refreshed on their own.

Four metrics and a 14 day chart of records created, broken down by team automatically.

SideDrawer health

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

Live

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%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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, 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 my team share one SideDrawer connection?

Yes. One person connects SideDrawer in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever sees or handles the SideDrawer API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every drawer or folder change.

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 blocking delete, move or update. A blocked action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

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 and every other client.

Put SideDrawer in front of your team

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