## Getting Started with Conductor’s MCP

This quick start gives you an overview-level path from zero to your first useful conversation with Conductor’s MCP. It is intentionally **LLM-agnostic**—the same four steps apply whichever MCP-capable AI assistant you connect through. If any term is unfamiliar, skim [Introduction to Conductor’s AI Connectors](/content/docs/mcp/what-is-mcp/index.html) and [What is an MCP tool?](/content/docs/mcp/what-is-an-mcp-tool/index.html) before you start.

### Configure an MCP connection with your AI tool of choice

Before you can ask anything, your AI assistant needs a connection to Conductor’s MCP server. Each LLM does this a little differently—the underlying protocol is the same, but the UI and plan requirements vary. Pick the assistant you use and follow its setup article:

- [ChatGPT & Codex](/content/docs/mcp/chatgpt-codex/index.html)
- [Claude](/content/docs/mcp/claude/index.html)
- [Copilot](/content/docs/mcp/copilot/index.html)
- [Perplexity](/content/docs/mcp/perplexity/index.html)

At a high level, each guide walks you through:

1. Verifying your plan and permissions
2. Adding a connector pointed at Conductor’s MCP URL
3. Authenticating with your Conductor account.

Once you’ve enabled the connector, your assistant can call Conductor’s [MCP tools](/content/docs/mcp/what-is-an-mcp-tool/index.html) on your behalf.

### Go shopping for skills

You don’t have to invent every prompt from scratch. Conductor maintains a library of **skills**—pre-built, tested prompt templates that take advantage of MCP tools to deliver a specific outcome (an audit, a competitive comparison, a board-ready summary, and more). Browse the [Template Gallery](/content/docs/templates/gallery/index.html) to find skills that match the work you want to do. Useful starting points include:

- [Introduction to using skills](/content/docs/templates/introduction-to-using-skills/index.html) covers how skills work and how to run one with your assistant.
- [Teach your LLM Conductor](/content/docs/templates/teach-your-llm-conductor/index.html) gives your assistant the vocabulary and context it needs to use Conductor data well.
- The gallery itself, filtered by persona or use case to narrow down.