Connect AI tools (MCP setup)
MaxoPerf runs a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Through it, AI agents create tests, launch runs, and read results for you. They take the same actions you take in the console, driven by natural language.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”You need a MaxoPerf API key. Read Get an API key first. It explains the full-account access an API key grants and how to use it safely.
Find your MCP endpoint
Section titled “Find your MCP endpoint”Open Settings → Connect AI tools (/settings/connect-ai-tools) in the console. The page shows your account’s MCP endpoint URL and ready-to-copy config snippets for each supported client. Your MCP endpoint URL is:
https://app.maxoperf.com/mcpIf the page shows “MCP endpoint not configured for this environment,” ask an administrator to configure the MCP server origin for your deployment.
Configure your client
Section titled “Configure your client”-
Claude Code: run from your terminal:
Terminal window claude mcp add --transport http maxoperf https://app.maxoperf.com/mcp \--header "Authorization: Bearer mpak_your_api_key_here" -
Cursor: add to
.cursor/mcp.json(project or global):{"mcpServers": {"maxoperf": {"url": "https://app.maxoperf.com/mcp","headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer mpak_your_api_key_here"}}}} -
Claude Desktop / claude.ai: go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the endpoint URL, then paste the API key when prompted.
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ChatGPT: go to Settings → Connectors → Create, paste the endpoint URL, and set the
Authorizationheader toBearer mpak_your_api_key_here.
Copy the snippet for your client from the console page. It already contains your account’s MCP endpoint, so you only swap in the API key.
What the agent can do
Section titled “What the agent can do”Once connected, the agent calls MaxoPerf’s MCP tools to create tests, start runs, poll status, and read KPIs/results. It can do anything the API key is authorized to do. The key grants full-account access, so review your tool’s call log before you approve destructive actions (delete run, cancel test, revoke key).
Choosing what to test
Section titled “Choosing what to test”Before you point an agent at a real workload, skim Choosing an executor. It explains when MaxoPerf runs an API-style load test (JMeter, k6, Taurus, …) and when it runs a full browser test (Playwright, Selenium). That choice changes what the agent should generate.
Where to go next
Section titled “Where to go next”- Install the MaxoPerf skill: a faster start than manual MCP config.
- Choosing an executor: API vs browser engines, and MaxoPerf’s supported engine list.
- Secrets and environments: keep the credentials your agent’s tests use out of test files.