Connect from MCP Clients

For testing, you can use any agentic AI client that supports MCP. The steps below show how to connect from Microsoft Copilot and Claude Desktop and are provided as reference and illustration only. Other MCP-compatible clients—such as ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Postman—follow a similar configuration pattern.

Before you connect, make sure you have a credential ready. Each client accepts an API key, an access token, or OAuth 2.0 (manual)—see Supported Authentication Techniques for how to obtain each one. In each client you will register the MCP catalog endpoint:

https://<domain name>/<Web Adaptor name or context name>/platform/mcp

For example:

https://mcpbeta.webgistesting.net/server/platform/mcp

Microsoft Copilot

Using an API key or access token

Watch the short walkthrough below to see how to connect Microsoft Copilot to the MCP catalog available in your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. If the embedded player does not load in your browser, you can also download the video.


Using OAuth 2.0 (manual)

Watch the short walkthrough below to see how to connect Microsoft Copilot with OAuth 2.0 (manual) to the MCP catalog available in your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. If the embedded player does not load in your browser, you can also download the video.


Note OAuth 2.0 support is manual—Copilot must be configured with the authorization URL, client ID, and redirect URI yourself, because the server does not advertise OAuth metadata for auto-discovery. See OAuth 2.0 (manual) for details.

Claude Desktop

Using an API key or access token

Watch the short walkthrough below to see how to register the MCP catalog available in your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment in Claude Desktop. If the embedded player does not load in your browser, you can also download the video.


Once you are able to establish a successful connection from the MCP client of your choice, continue to Get Started — Prepare Your Data to Be MCP-Ready to learn how to tag and describe your portal items so the MCP tools can discover and use the right data.