Connect Claude to Divorcepath MCP

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Claude for Work, and Claude on the web or mobile can connect to Divorcepath so an approved assistant can read permitted matter context and prepare calculation or document work for review. Divorcepath applies changes only after a user approves them.

Before you start

• Confirm that Claude is approved for your organization on the surface you plan to use.
• Confirm that your Divorcepath organization has AI assistant access enabled.
• Open the AI Assistants page in Divorcepath (Integrations → AI Assistants) and select Claude so you can copy the connection address.
• Start with a read-only matter question or a sample preview that does not change a matter.

Connection address

Copy the address from the AI Assistants page, or use this one:

https://www.divorcepath.com/api/mcp

If your organization uses a dedicated Divorcepath environment, use the address shown on the AI Assistants page.

Add Divorcepath to Claude

On the AI Assistants page, select Claude, then choose the option for the Claude app you use. Sign in with your approved organization account when Claude prompts you. No API key is needed.

• Desktop / Work: in Claude Desktop, go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the connection address. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner adds the connector under Admin settings → Connectors, then each member connects it from their own connector list. Claude opens the Divorcepath sign-in flow in your browser.
• Web / Mobile: in Claude, open Settings → Connectors and add a custom connector if it is available to your workspace, then paste the connection address. Claude asks you to authorize Divorcepath.
• Code: run the setup command below in your terminal. Then open Claude Code and use Divorcepath or run /mcp. Claude opens the Divorcepath sign-in flow or shows a login URL.

claude mcp add --transport http divorcepath "https://www.divorcepath.com/api/mcp"

Verify the connection

Once connected, ask a read-only question first. The AI Assistants page shows this verification prompt in step 3:

Use only the Divorcepath MCP for Divorcepath data. List the available Divorcepath actions and summarize the approval rules. Explain what information is required to search clients, but do not retrieve or display any client, matter, or party records. Do not prepare, approve, or apply any changes.

Share client files with Claude

Claude can work only with the client files you share with it. Return to the AI Assistants page and, under Assistant access to your files, choose the Claude connection in Connected assistant, find a client file, and select Share selected file. To let Claude prepare updates for that file, select Also allow proposed updates and document changes before you share it. See Choose which files an assistant can access.

Recommended first prompt

After you share a non-sensitive sample client file with proposed updates allowed, try this prompt:

Use the Divorcepath MCP only for Divorcepath data.
List the available Divorcepath actions and summarize the approval rules.
Read one matter summary.
Tell me what party, child, relationship, finance, disclosure, calculation,
and document facts are missing.
Prepare one harmless preview and stop before approval.
Give me the Divorcepath review link and do not treat anything as saved until I approve it there.

Reusable prompt pack

The Divorcepath MCP skill package includes a prompt pack you can use with any Claude app. In Claude Code you can also install the skill: unzip the package into ~/.claude/skills. Download the package and copy the prompts from references/prompts.md.

Download the Divorcepath MCP skill package

What Claude should do

• explain that you review and approve prepared work in Divorcepath, not in the chat
• read matter context before proposing a change
• ask for missing facts rather than guessing legal or financial inputs
• show the proposed work clearly before asking for approval
• give you the Review and approve in Divorcepath link and wait while you review it there

Good Claude workflows

Claude is best used for guided review and drafting-style conversations. Good first requests include:

• review a matter and summarize what is missing before generating financial statements or court forms
• prepare party, child, relationship, income, asset, debt, or child-expense updates for review
• inspect a support calculation and ask for missing facts before preparing changes
• find financial statement and court-form templates for the relevant jurisdiction
• check deeper readiness for forms where Divorcepath has specialized support, such as Ontario Form 13, Form 13.1, Form 13B, and Form 13C
• prepare a financial statement, court form, Net Family Property statement, or agreement from approved matter data
• retrieve a lawyer-readable calculation summary or a generated Word document

Useful workflow prompt

Review this matter for financial-statement and court-form readiness.
Find the available financial statement forms for the relevant jurisdiction.
Tell me what facts are missing before the form can be generated confidently.
If the matter is ready enough, prepare the recommended form generation request.
Show me the preview and wait for approval before anything is saved or generated.

Common issues

Next steps

After the read-only check succeeds, prepare one sample preview and decline it on the Divorcepath review page, then prepare another and approve it there after reviewing the before-and-after details.