← lumen

Connect your MCP client

Lumen is a remote MCP server. Add this endpoint to your client with your personal token (issued by the admin; replace <YOUR_TOKEN>).

Endpoint https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp

The token goes in the Authorization: Bearer header.

Claude Code

✓ direct

Where · Terminal

Direct Bearer header.

claude mcp add --transport http lumen https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"

Claude Desktop

◇ bridge

Where · claude_desktop_config.json

Via the mcp-remote bridge (stdio client).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lumen": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

✓ direct

Where · ~/.cursor/mcp.json

Direct Bearer header.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lumen": {
      "url": "https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot)

✓ direct

Where · .vscode/mcp.json

Direct Bearer header.

{
  "servers": {
    "lumen": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

✓ direct

Where · ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

Direct Bearer header.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lumen": {
      "serverUrl": "https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

Cline

✓ direct

Where · MCP Servers → Remote

Direct Bearer header.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lumen": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

✓ direct

Where · ~/.gemini/settings.json

Direct Bearer header.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lumen": {
      "httpUrl": "https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT

✓ direct

Where · Settings → Connectors → Create

Direct Bearer header.

Server URL: https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp
Authentication: Custom header
  Header name:  Authorization
  Header value: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>

Claude.ai

⧗ oauth

Where · Settings → Connectors

OAuth-oriented: may not accept a static token; verify in your client's docs.

Add custom connector:
  URL: https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp

Note: the connector dialog is OAuth-first. Static "Request headers" auth
(Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>) is rolling out in beta on some plans —
if you don't see that field yet, use the Generic (mcp-remote) option below.

Generic (mcp-remote / curl)

◇ bridge

Where · Any client / terminal

Via the mcp-remote bridge (stdio client).

# stdio bridge
npx -y mcp-remote https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"

# raw check
curl -s https://lumen.sorensen.ai/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}'