Connecting Claude Desktop to Pulse

From Pulse 8.0.0 onwards, Pulse exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server endpoint that lets AI assistants such as Claude Desktop connect to your TM1 environment. This page describes how to connect Claude Desktop to Pulse using the mcp-remote bridge.

Minimum Pulse version: 8.0.0

Prerequisites

Pulse 8.0.0 or later, with the MCP server endpoint available at https://your-pulse-host/mcp.
Claude Desktop installed.
A Pulse API token to authenticate the connection: Setting Up an MCP Connection into Pulse

1. Install Node.js

Download and install Node.js from the official site: Node.js — Download Node.js®.

2. Install mcp-remote globally

Open a Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (macOS/Linux) and run:

npm install -g mcp-remote

3. Open the Claude Desktop config

In Claude Desktop, go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config.

4. Add the server entry

Add the following entry to the configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tm1-mcp-server": {
      "command": "mcp-remote",
      "args": [
        "https://your-pulse-host/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:Bearer your-api-token-from-pulse"
      ]
    }
  }
}

If you want to ignore invalid SSL certificate, then add extra parameter inside env property like below:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tm1-mcp-server": {
      "command": "mcp-remote",
      "args": [
        "https://your-pulse-host/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:Bearer your-api-token-from-pulse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": "0"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the URL and token with your real Pulse values:

https://your-pulse-host/mcp — the URL of your Pulse MCP server endpoint.
your-api-token-from-pulse — your Pulse API token.

5. Restart Claude Desktop

Restart Claude Desktop for the new configuration to take effect. Once restarted, the tm1-mcp-server connection will be available in Claude Desktop.