MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's an open standard that lets AI models like Claude connect to external tools, data sources, and services: things like Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, or a database, through a common interface, rather than needing custom integration code for each one, here for Celesta Back Office.

In practice, an MCP server exposes a set of "tools" (actions) and "resources" (data) that Claude can call. So instead of Claude only working with what's in the conversation, it can search files, send messages, query APIs, and so on, via whatever MCP connectors are set up.

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• The MCP for Celesta is only valid on Claude CLI (Command Line Interface) from the user’s laptop terminal.
• The MCP’s capacity is only limited by the user’s permissions: If the user only has the player list access, their MCP will have the same accesses as well.
• The Terminal must be installed on the user’s machine before setting the token.

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Set Up your terminal and connect it with Celesta Back Office

1. Before starting make sure that your terminal is ready to use and connected to your Claude account.
2. Make sure your Back Office user account has the permission(s) required to achieve the tasks you need.
3. Get the authentication token.

Go to your user profile on Celesta and reach token. Generate one with a 30 days validity (it’s suggested to be reset every month for security reasons).

1. Add your token to your terminal and link your Claude account

Once generated, paste your token as per follow in your terminal…

claude mcp add --transport http celesta-backoffice <https://mcp.celesta.io/mcp> --header "Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_TOKEN}"

…and execute the following command:

claude analyze celesta-backoffice

Operate with your MCP

Open your terminal and make sure you are still connected with your Claude account. If not, type /claude

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You can operate from Claude app directly, but this would be slower as the terminal is much more powerful. Since it has access to your machine, you can also store the information you find, download reports, etc.

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Examples you can use in your daily operational tasks