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Quickstart#

Connect ZenCreator to your AI client and generate something in about two minutes.

ZenCreator's MCP server is hosted and remote, secured with OAuth 2.1. Connecting means adding one URL and logging in once in your browser. There are no API keys to paste, nothing to install, and no local process to run — your client stores the token and refreshes it automatically.

The single URL your client connects to:

https://mcp.zncr.pro/mcp

Prerequisite#

A ZenCreator account at https://app.zencreator.pro. You log in with it during the OAuth step below. Generation spends credits, so make sure you have a balance — top up at https://app.zencreator.pro/billing.

Step 1 — Add the connector#

You only ever paste one URL: https://mcp.zncr.pro/mcp.

Claude.ai (web) or Claude Desktop — the most common path:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors.
  2. Choose Add custom connector.
  3. Paste https://mcp.zncr.pro/mcp and save.

Claude Code (CLI) — one line:

claude mcp add --transport http zencreator https://mcp.zncr.pro/mcp

Using another client? See the per-client connect guides:

Step 2 — Log in#

The first time your client uses the connector, it opens your browser to log in at ZenCreator. You approve a consent screen that grants the scopes mcp.read and mcp.generate, and the client stores the resulting token — refreshing it automatically from then on. No API keys.

You log in once. You will not be asked again unless you disconnect or your client needs to re-authenticate.

Step 3 — Your first generation#

Ask your agent in plain language. For example:

Use ZenCreator to generate an image of a red fox in a snowy forest at dawn. Check my credits and the price first.

A well-behaved agent will run roughly this chain:

  1. Check credits — calls zencreator_get_me to read your balance (and whether you are out of credits).
  2. Estimate price — calls zencreator_estimate_price for the exact credit cost of this generation, and states it to you before committing. (If cost matters, it may call zencreator_compare_prices to shop models cheapest-first.)
  3. Generate — calls zencreator_create_task (or zencreator_run_and_wait, which submits and blocks until the image is ready) with a generation tool such as by_prompt or image_editor.
  4. Show the result — fetches the generated asset and shows you a preview inline in the chat.

That is the standard rhythm for every job: check credits, estimate price, generate, show the result. For full step-by-step recipes (editing with references, face-swap, upscale, video, templates), see Workflows.

What next#

  • Concepts — tasks, calls, assets, templates, credits, and the two tool layers (MCP tools vs. generation tools).
  • Workflows — copy-paste recipes for common jobs.
  • Generation tools reference — zencreator_create_task and the lifecycle tools in detail.
  • Troubleshooting — connection, login, out-of-credits, and NSFW gating fixes.