Zarla has a built-in connection (called an MCP server) that lets AI assistants — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and others — work on your website for you. One connection covers your whole account: your AI can manage every site you have, and create new ones. Once connected, you can ask your AI to edit pages, update your SEO, add products, check orders, and even publish changes, straight from a chat.
Step 1 — Generate your token
- Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar (on mobile: the More tab) and choose AI apps. You can also find it from Site settings → AI apps → Manage AI connections. You don't need to have built a site yet — your AI can create one for you once it's connected.
- Click Generate token. Give it a name so you remember what it's for (e.g. "Claude Desktop").
- Your MCP connector URL appears — copy it right away. It's only shown once: the URL contains your token, and it won't be displayed again after you leave the page. Treat it like a password.
Step 2 — Connect your AI
The same screen shows ready-made setup instructions for each app. The most common:
Claude (Desktop app or claude.ai)
Open Claude's Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste your connector URL as the remote MCP server URL.
Claude Code (terminal)
Copy the command shown under "Claude Code (CLI)" and run it in your terminal. It looks like:
`claude mcp add zarla --transport http "<your connector URL>"`
ChatGPT (Settings → Developer → MCP Servers, currently in beta), Cursor, and any other MCP-compatible app are covered on the same screen — expand the app's row for its exact steps.
Step 3 — Try it
Ask your AI something like:
- "What sites do I have on Zarla?"
- "Update my homepage headline to ..."
- "Add a new service page for gutter cleaning."
- "What sold last week?"
Your AI uses Zarla's tools (32 of them) to do the work — and the changes are real: if it says it published, it published.
Sharing images with your AI
Image uploads work out of the box — drop a logo or photo into your chat and your AI can upload it directly to your site. If uploads fail with a network error in Claude Desktop or claude.ai, add your Zarla host to Settings → Capabilities → Code execution and file creation → Additional allowed domains (the AI apps screen shows the exact host to copy). Claude Code and Cursor don't need this — they run locally.
Keeping it secure
- Your token gives the AI access to your Zarla account — don't share the connector URL with anyone.
- You can revoke a token anytime from the same AI apps screen (the trash icon next to it). The AI loses access immediately.
- Lost or leaked a token? Revoke it and generate a new one.
Troubleshooting
- The connector won't authorize: generate a fresh token and re-copy the full connector URL — the token is embedded in it, so a partial copy won't work.
- Your AI says it can't see Zarla tools: remove and re-add the connector, then start a new conversation.
- Still stuck? Contact us from the Help page with a screenshot of where it stops.