MCP: prerequisites and server URL

Visure Authoring exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server so AI assistants — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot — can read from and write to your Visure instance in plain language: create and update requirements, tests, and risks, search items, manage traceability, and generate reports from a chat. Before connecting any client, do these two things once.

1. Enable the MCP. Open appsettings.json in the Authoring installation folder (default C:\inetpub\Visure Authoring 8\appsettings.json) and enable the MCP section:

json

"Mcp": {
  "Enabled": true,
  "MaxPageLimit": 500,
  "InactivityTimeoutSeconds": 300,
  "AllowHeaderAuth": true
}

2. Get your Server URL — the URL you normally use to reach Visure, with /mcp appended:

Some on-premises installs use a different middle segment than /VisureAuthoring8 — confirm yours first. If unsure, contact your Visure administrator or Visure support. For private/on-premises deployments, make sure the MCP endpoint is reachable from where the AI client runs.

Once both are done, follow the article for your client.