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Add Nimble to Claude.ai as a custom connector and Claude can search, extract, map, and crawl the web on its own — no code required.
Cowork new-task input with the + menu open: Connectors submenu shows Nimble MCP toggled on alongside Excalidraw, Google Drive, Linear, Notion, Slack, and Claude in Chrome

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Supported Surfaces

Custom connectors work across Anthropic’s products:
  • Claude.ai (web)
  • Claude Desktop (macOS, Windows)
  • Claude Code
  • Claude Cowork

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Prerequisites

  • A Claude.ai account on a plan that supports connectors (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise).
  • A Nimble account — sign in via OAuth during setup. No API key needed.

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Installation

1

Open Connectors settings

In Claude.ai, navigate to Customize > Connectors.
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Add a custom connector

Click the + button, then choose Add custom connector.
Customize > Connectors page with the + menu open, showing the Add custom connector option
3

Enter the Nimble MCP details

Give the connector a name (e.g. Nimble MCP) and set the remote MCP server URL to:
Add custom connector dialog with name 'Nimble MCP' and URL https://mcp.nimbleway.com/mcp
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Finish adding the connector

Click Add. The Nimble connector now appears in your connectors list with a CUSTOM badge.
Connectors list showing Nimble MCP with a CUSTOM badge
5

Connect with OAuth

Open the new Nimble MCP connector and click Connect.
Nimble MCP connector page showing 'You are not connected to Nimble MCP yet.' with a Connect button
Review the permissions Claude is requesting and click Approve to authenticate with your Nimble workspace. Once approved, the connector is live inside Claude conversations.
OAuth approval dialog: Claude is requesting access to Nimble with permissions to verify identity, search the web, extract data, manage Web Search Agents, and maintain access offline
For Anthropic’s full reference on custom connectors, see the Claude support article.

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Tools

Once connected, Claude calls any of the Nimble MCP server’s tools automatically, based on the user’s prompt.
For the full list of MCP tools and parameters, see the Nimble MCP Server reference.

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Power Your Flow with Nimble Agent Skills

Nimble is an official Anthropic plugin partner. The Nimble plugin ships in Claude’s Anthropic & Partners directory and bundles the MCP server with a curated set of agent skills — opinionated workflows that guide Claude through the most common web data jobs (research, scraping, mapping, and crawling) so you get the best of Nimble’s Web Tools without writing a prompt from scratch. Once installed, just type / in any new task to invoke a skill directly:
Cowork new-task input with /nimble-web-expert prepended to a prompt: 'Find the top 5 AI agent platforms launched this year and summarize their pricing pages.'

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Install the Nimble plugin

1

Open the plugin directory

From either the Cowork or Claude Code tab in Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then click Browse plugins to open the Directory.
2

Find Nimble

Switch to the Plugins tab, select Anthropic & Partners, and search for Nimble.
Directory with the Plugins tab and Anthropic & Partners filter selected, showing the Nimble plugin card
3

Install

Click the Nimble card to open its details, then click Install. The plugin saves locally on your machine and the bundled MCP server, agent skills, and sub-agents register automatically.
Nimble plugin detail page showing 20 skills, 2 agents, and the nimble-mcp-server connector, with an Install button
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Use the bundled skills

Once installed, Nimble’s agent skills are available across your conversations. Type / in chat to browse them, or let Claude invoke them automatically based on your prompt.
Installed Nimble plugin page listing skills like /nimble-web-expert, /company-deep-dive, /competitor-intel, /local-places, /meeting-prep, and /nimble-agent-builder
For Anthropic’s full reference, see Use plugins in Claude Cowork.

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How It Works

1

You ask Claude something

Type a prompt that needs live web data. Claude detects when the Nimble connector can help.
2

Claude calls Nimble

Claude routes the request to the Nimble MCP server, which runs the search, extraction, or crawl in real time.
3

Claude answers

Results return to the conversation as structured data Claude can quote, cite, or summarize.

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Example Prompts

“Find the top 5 AI agent platforms launched this year and summarize their pricing pages.”
Claude calls nimble_search for the list, then nimble_extract on each pricing page, then summarizes.
“Crawl docs.example.com and list every page that mentions ‘rate limits.’”
Claude calls nimble_crawl with a path filter, then surfaces matches with URLs.
“Pull the headline, author, and publish date from this article: https://example.com/article”
Claude calls nimble_extract and returns the structured fields.
“Show me every page on nimbleway.com under /blog.”
Claude calls nimble_map and lists the discovered URLs.

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Next Steps

Nimble MCP Server

Full MCP server reference — Cursor, Claude Code, and Claude Desktop setup

Anthropic SDK

Use Nimble as a tool inside the Anthropic SDK in Python or Node

Search

Web search with depth levels, filtering, and AI answers

Extract

Extract clean content from any URL