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Connect your agent in two minutes

Connect

Pick one way to connect. All reach the same catalog.

Add Orthogonal to Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http orthogonal https://www.orthogonal.com/mcp

Sign in to see who pays: your account or your organization.

Run it in a terminal, then run /mcp in Claude Code and sign in in your browser.

For Claude Desktop, Cursor, or another MCP client, add this server, then sign in with your account:

{
"mcpServers": {
"orthogonal": {
"url": "https://www.orthogonal.com/mcp"
}
}
}

Once connected, ask your assistant:

“Search Orthogonal for APIs that enrich a lead by email, then run one.”

Signed in, it can also answer “How many Orthogonal credits do I have left?” with the account tool.

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Next steps

Browse the catalogEvery available API and its price.ExamplesChain multiple APIs into one workflow.

For API providers

List your own API on Orthogonal and get paid for the calls buyers make. Create a seller organization and request your listing. Once Orthogonal approves it, Orth, Orthogonal’s onboarding agent, drafts the setup from your docs; you set the prices, add your API key, run the checks and submit it. Do it in the dashboard, or with your own AI agent over MCP.

List your APICreate a seller organization, request, set up and submit your API, then get paid