Access tokens let external AI clients work with your Instant project over the Model Context Protocol (MCP). With a token, a client such as Claude Desktop or Cursor can call Instant tools to build and manage landing pages in the project the token belongs to. Access tokens are a beta feature.
What you can do over MCP
Once connected, an MCP client can call tools that:
List, create, edit, publish, and unpublish landing pages in the project.
Send natural-language instructions to Instant's AI page-builder agent to build or change a page.
Fetch a page's details (optionally with a screenshot), the project info, and the AI credit balance.
MCP currently works with landing pages only. It doesn't cover product or collection templates, sections, headers and footers, the cart, or your storefront's home page — build those in the dashboard.
Create an access token
Open Settings → General for your project.
In the Access tokens card, click New token.
Give the token a Name for where it will be used (for example
Claude Desktop), then click Add.Copy the token immediately — this is the only time the full token is shown, and it can't be displayed again.
Each token is scoped to the current project and is tied to the member who created it. If that member loses access to the project, their tokens for it are revoked automatically. Create separate tokens per developer or client so you can revoke one without affecting the others.
Connect your MCP client
After the token is created, the dialog shows a one-line install command for Claude Desktop and a link to setup instructions for other MCP clients. Copy the command or follow the client-specific docs, then provide your access token when prompted.
The Access tokens card lists each token's name, a masked prefix, who created it, and when it was last used, so you can tell which token a client is using.
Credits
Tools that run the AI agent draw from your project's AI credits — the same pool used by the dashboard Agent and Studio. If the project is out of credits, those tools return an error until credits reset or you buy more. Reading data and checking status don't consume credits. See AI credits.
Revoke a token
Go to Settings → General and find the token in the Access tokens card.
Open the token's menu and choose Revoke.
Confirm with Revoke token.
Any client using that token loses access immediately, and revocation can't be undone.
Availability and permissions
Only project owners and admins can create or revoke access tokens. Because MCP tools that build pages use AI credits, the agent won't run on a project with no credits (for example on the Free plan). Check your balance and plan under Settings → Plans.