Connect Aoexl to Claude in 60 Seconds

Use the Aoexl MCP Connector to send documents for signature, check request status, send reminders, and work with templates directly from Claude Desktop.

What You Need

• an Aoexl account
• a fresh Aoexl MCP API key
• Claude Desktop installed

1. Generate an Aoexl API Key

1. Sign into aoexl.com
2. Open Settings → MCP API Keys
3. Click Generate key
4. Give it a label like Claude Desktop
5. Copy the key immediately

Your key will look like:

aok_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

2. Install in Claude Desktop

Option A — Smithery

1. Open the published Aoexl Sign listing in Smithery
2. Choose the Claude Desktop install flow
3. Paste your Aoexl API key when prompted
4. Finish setup and restart Claude Desktop

Option B — Manual config

Open your Claude Desktop config file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\\Claude\\claude_desktop_config.json

Add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aoexl-sign": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aoexl-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AOEXL_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key from Aoexl, then restart Claude Desktop.

3. First Prompt to Try

Start with a safe read-only check:

List my Aoexl templates.

Then try a real action:

Create a signing request from template <template-id> for Jane Doe at jane@example.com.

What Claude Can Do

Once connected, Claude can:

• create signing requests
• check request status
• list recent requests
• send reminders
• cancel, duplicate, or reopen requests
• list templates
• create requests from templates
• fetch signed PDF and certificate URLs

Troubleshooting

Claude does not show aoexl-sign

• Restart Claude Desktop
• Make sure Node.js is installed
• Make sure npx works in your shell

Tool calls fail with auth errors

• Generate a new key in Settings → MCP API Keys
• Confirm you pasted the full key
• Revoke old keys you no longer use

Want the deeper setup guide?

See the full guide: MCP Connector (Claude / Cursor)