> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pollandroll.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# MCP server

> Connect your AI assistant to your poll&roll survey data with the MCP server.

poll\&roll's **MCP server** lets you connect your AI assistant (such as Claude) directly to your survey data. Once connected, you query your results in **natural language** from your own assistant, without opening the platform.

Its capabilities are **the same as those of the AI assistant built into** poll\&roll: searching your surveys, survey outline, question results, crosstabs, comparing several questions with one another (including across different surveys), importance-performance matrices, restricting to a subpopulation, creating subtotals, viewing, building, editing and deleting your PowerPoint reports, then analyzing and interpreting the figures.

<Note>
  MCP (*Model Context Protocol*) is a standard that lets AI assistants connect to external data sources. The poll\&roll server exposes your surveys through this protocol.
</Note>

## Prerequisites

* A **poll\&roll account** with access to the survey you want to query.
* An **MCP-compatible client** (for example Claude, as a desktop app or on the web).

As in the platform, what the server can consult depends on your **access level** for the survey.

## The server address

You will need this address to configure your client:

```
https://mcp.pollandroll.com
```

## Configuration in Claude

Claude connects to the server through its **Connectors**. The procedure is the same in the desktop app and on the web.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the connectors">
    In Claude, open **Settings**, then the **Connectors** section.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a custom connector">
    Click **Add custom connector** and paste the server address: `https://mcp.pollandroll.com`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect to poll&roll">
    Confirm: Claude opens a sign-in window. **Sign in with your poll\&roll account** to authorize access to your surveys.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the connection">
    The poll\&roll connector now shows as active. You can start asking your questions in a conversation.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Configuration in another client

The poll\&roll server works with any MCP-compatible client. The approach is always the same: add the remote server `https://mcp.pollandroll.com` to your client's configuration, then **sign in with your poll\&roll account** when prompted. Refer to your client's documentation for the exact location of this setting.

## Usage

Once the server is connected, you query your surveys exactly as you do with the built-in AI assistant. To find out **what to ask** (retrieving figures, crosstabbing questions, comparing profiles, drawing out findings) and to see **question examples**, see the AI assistant page:

<Card title="Querying your results with AI" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/en/assistant/introduction">
  What the assistant can do and examples of questions to ask — valid both in the platform and through the MCP server.
</Card>

<Tip>
  Ask one question at a time and name the questions or the items as they appear in the survey: the assistant finds the right data more easily.
</Tip>

<Warning>
  AI can make mistakes. Remember to check important information, cross-checking it if needed against the question's table in the results.
</Warning>


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