What you need to get started

Before any setup, here's the short version: what you need, what works, and how much effort each tool actually takes. The snippets themselves live in the next chapter — most people need only one of them.

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You'll need Pro or Ultra

The MCP is part of the Pro and Ultra plans. There's no MCP on Free — without an active plan there's no key to generate and no connection to authorize. Upgrading takes a couple of clicks if you're on Free and want to try it.

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What works, and how long it takes

• Claude — web, desktop and mobile. The easiest by a distance. BYQ Supply is listed in Claude's connector directory: find it, click connect, sign in with your BYQ account. No key, no config file, nothing to keep somewhere safe. Genuinely about two clicks.
• Claude Code. One command in your terminal. A minute.
• Cursor. A small block in a JSON config file, then restart.
• Codex. A small block in a TOML config file, then restart — the CLI, the IDE extension and the desktop app all share it.
• Lovable. Two fields in the interface: server URL and key.
• Anything else that speaks MCP. Point it at the BYQ address with your key in an Authorization header.

Everything except the Claude app uses a key. Connecting your AI tool has the exact snippet for each, already filled in for you.

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About the key, if your tool needs one

You generate it on your MCP setup page, and it's shown once — store it like a password. You can revoke or rotate keys anytime under Settings → Developers. The setup page drops your key into the snippet for you, so in practice you're copying and pasting rather than typing anything out.

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Once you're connected

Restart your tool so it picks up the new server, then just mention BYQ in any prompt. You don't need to name components or tool functions — describe what you want and your AI maps it to the right search. A few to start with:

• "Add a pricing section with 3 tiers from BYQ Supply."
• "Find a hero with a video background in BYQ and drop it in."
• "Search BYQ for a minimal dark SaaS design system and apply it."
• "Add a BYQ gem — magnetic hover on the primary button."

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If it doesn't connect

Nine times out of ten it's a missed restart — most tools only load a new server when they start up. If it still can't see BYQ, the next-likeliest culprit is a mistyped or truncated key. Both, plus the per-tool snippets, are covered in Connecting your AI tool.