Guides and explainers on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — what it is, how to use it well, and how to keep it secure.
When a team changes AI, every custom setup gets rebuilt by hand. Tools you keep in Smia stay where they are: connect Claude, sign in, and the same tested tool gives the same answer.
Your first tool should be one that can't fail on a password. Build a company check on Brønnøysundregistrene's open data in the chat you already use, test it once, and it's there every time you send an offer.
Skip the new login and the onboarding tour. Add one URL to Claude, describe the job, and the tool is built, tested and switched on in the same conversation.
A no-code MCP server for the tool nobody sells: describe your own rule in chat, and Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor builds, tests and turns on the tool.
Get started with Smia: connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to https://app.smia.io/mcp, build your first tool from chat, and see Free plan limits.
Make your own Claude custom connector without code: add Smia once, describe the job, and Claude builds, tests and turns on the tool in your chat.
Before a payment run, pull the same vendor, amount, days-waiting, and approver fields every time — instead of rebuilding the AP chase from queues and Slack.
Morning support triage belongs in one named tool that returns the same past-SLA tickets every time — not a freeform prompt that rebuilds the helpdesk hunt.
Morning quote chase belongs in one named tool that returns the same age, owner, and next-action fields every time — not a freeform prompt that rebuilds the CRM hunt.
Before close, get the same expense exception list every time — missing receipts, uncategorized charges, amounts over policy — instead of rebuilding the chase in chat.
Before a renewal auto-locks, ask for a fixed pack — notice date, cost, owner, auto-renew — not a freeform prompt that hunts Drive and email differently each time.
Before standup, ask for a fixed blockers pack — not a freeform prompt that invents a new path through Linear, Slack, and sheets every morning.
Before a customer call, stop tab-hopping. Encode the prep as one tool that returns the same three facts every time.
If the same Monday invoice ritual lives in a long ChatGPT prompt, the model will keep improvising it. Put the path in a small tool, then ask the assistant to run it.
Shadow AI isn't fixed with a longer policy. When a coworker needs your Monday automation, give them a small set of tools — not your whole assistant.
