Quickstart

Connect Claude to your Cashfin storefront and make your first change. It takes about two minutes.

Before you start

• You are an Admin or Manager of the business.
• The new storefront is switched on for the business.
• You have Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, or Claude Code. For other assistants, see Connect your AI assistant.

1. Add the server

Claude.ai / Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: Cashfin
Remote MCP server URL: https://storefront.cashfin.africa/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cashfin https://storefront.cashfin.africa/mcp

Leave any OAuth client ID and secret fields empty. Cashfin registers your assistant automatically.

2. Connect and pick your business

1. Start the connection:
   • Claude.ai / Claude Desktop: click Connect next to the Cashfin connector.
   • Claude Code: run /mcp, select cashfin, then Authenticate.
2. Your browser opens Cashfin. Log in if asked.
3. On the Connect your storefront screen, click the business you want the assistant to work on.
4. Review the consent screen. It names the assistant and the business. Click Approve (the button carries your assistant's name, for example Approve Claude), or Deny to cancel.
5. Return to your assistant. Cashfin shows as connected.

3. Try it

Ask your assistant:

Use Cashfin to show me which pages my storefront has and what is not published yet.

Then make a change:

Add a "Why shop with us" section to my homepage with three benefits: free delivery in Nairobi,
M-Pesa checkout, and 7-day returns. Match my brand colours.

The assistant edits drafts. Open the storefront builder to see the change, or ask:

Publish my storefront.

Publishing makes changes live

Your assistant only publishes when you ask. We recommend setting publish and delete tools to ask for approval in your assistant's tool settings. See Publishing.

Next steps

• Example prompts for shop, content and design tasks
• Tools reference
• Troubleshooting if something did not work