Dovetail

Dovetail MCP Connector for Claude

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Analyze qualitative research data with AI-powered tagging, theme discovery, and insight synthesis for product and UX teams.

7 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Dovetail account to any AI agent and take full control of your user research and insight management workflows through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Project Orchestration — List and manage research projects programmatically and retrieve detailed metadata about goals and participants
  • Note Architecture — Create and organize research notes (interviews, usability tests, raw data) with specific content types (HTML, Markdown) directly from your agent
  • Insight Management — Programmatically publish research findings and summaries to maintain a high-fidelity record of your team's discoveries
  • Deep Search — Find relevant research data across projects using powerful query filters for titles and content
  • Workspace Visibility — Retrieve complete directories of workspace members to coordinate collaboration and manage team access

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Retrieve your Personal API Key from Dovetail settings (Settings > Account > Personal API keys)
  3. Start managing your research data from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client

No more manual scrubbing through interview transcripts or complex project navigation. Your AI acts as your dedicated user research and insight coordinator.

Who is this for?

  • User Researchers — instantly register new interview notes and publish highlights using natural language commands
  • Product Managers — search across research projects to find specific user pain points and insights without leaving your workspace
  • Design Leads — monitor research progress and manage team collaboration through simple AI queries
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7 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

create_insight

Create a new research insight

create_note

Create a new research note

get_project_details

Get details for a research project

list_insights

List research insights

list_notes

List research notes

list_projects

List all research projects

list_workspace_members

List workspace members

See how to talk to your AI agent using Dovetail.

List all my research projects in Dovetail.

I've retrieved your research projects. You have 3 active studies, including 'Mobile UX Redesign' (ID: proj_123) and 'Q4 User Feedback'. Which one would you like to inspect for notes?

Create a new research note 'User A Interview' in project 'proj_123'.

Note created! 'User A Interview' is now added to the Mobile UX project (ID: proj_123). I've set the content type to HTML. Shall I add some initial highlights to this note?

Show me all published insights containing the word 'mobile'.

Searching insights... I've found 2 published findings related to 'mobile'. The most relevant is 'Mobile-first navigation trends' from the latest study. Would you like the full summary for this insight?

Log in to Dovetail, navigate to **Settings** > **Account** > **Personal API keys**, and generate a new key for your integration.

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