Getting your API Key

Get your API key to use MadKudu MCP or authenticate to MadKudu API

Your API keys carry many privileges, so be sure to keep them secure! Do not share your secret API keys in publicly accessible areas such as GitHub, client-side code, and so forth.

Pre-requisite

• You have an active MadKudu account

• You are a MadKudu Admin

How to create API keys

Your API keys are personal, they are tied to your user and your permissions. You can create different ones for different integrations.

1. Log into MadKudu admin console: https://admin.madkudu.com

2. On the left navigation bar, go to Personal Settings then My API Keys

3. Click Create API key

1. Give it a name after the integration or tool you’ll use it with (e.g. "Cursor", "Zapier", "Claude"...)

2. Once created, you can copy you key:

View your API keys

1. Log into MadKudu admin console: https://admin.madkudu.com

2. On the left navigation bar, go to Personal Settings then My API Keys

3. You can see the list of all your API keys, and copy them

How to Use the API Key

with MadKudu MCP

You'll use the API key when installing MadKudu MCP in your AI tools. Please follow instructions here

with MadKudu API

The MadKudu API uses API keys to authenticate requests.

All API requests must be made over HTTPS. Calls made over plain HTTP will fail.

The API Key must be passed in the X-API-Key header for every requests. API requests without authentication will also fail.