Getting Started

Lab Atlas gives you two ways to work with your data programmatically:

• REST API — a versioned HTTP API (/api/v1/) for scripts, integrations, and automation.

• MCP server — a Model Context Protocol endpoint (/mcp) that lets AI agents (Claude Code, claude.ai, the Anthropic API) read your Lab Atlas data with natural-language prompts.

Both surfaces authenticate with the same API key, scoped to your user and organization. Whatever you can see in the web app, your key can see — no more.

API and MCP tools are currently limited to Enterprise customers only.

Create an API key

API keys are created from your the Organization Settings dashboard, accessible to Organization Admins and Super Users in your organization.

1

Open the API Keys page

Click the Organization Settings page from the sidebar → then go to Developer Tools → API Keys.

2

Create a new key

Click New API Key. In the Create API Key dialog, fill in:

• Name — a label to recognize the key later (max 64 characters).

• Duration — how long the key stays valid: 7, 30, 90, or 365 days.

Then click Submit.

3

Copy and store the key

Your key is shown once, in the form lak_<keyId>.<secret>. Use the reveal and copy buttons to grab it, then store it somewhere safe (e.g. a secrets manager or environment variable).

This is the only time the full key is displayed. If you lose it, revoke it and create a new one.

You can revoke or delete keys at any time from the same page.

Use the REST API

Pass your key in the X-API-KEY header. The base URL is https://<your-tenant>.labatlas.com/api/v1/.

curl https://<your-tenant>.labatlas.com/api/v1/projects \
  -H "X-API-KEY: lak_xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Use X-API-KEY (or Authorization: ApiKey <key>). Do not use Authorization: Bearer … — that scheme is reserved for the internal web client and will be rejected on /api/v1/.

For the full endpoint list, pagination, permissions model, and error formats, see the Public API Reference.

Connect via MCP

Point your MCP client at https://<your-tenant>.labatlas.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP, sending your API key in the X-API-KEY header.

Claude Code

export LABATLAS_API_KEY=lak_xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

claude mcp add --transport http labatlas \
  https://<your-tenant>.labatlas.com/mcp \
  --header "X-API-KEY: $LABATLAS_API_KEY"

claude mcp list   # expect: labatlas  ✓ connected

claude.ai

Anthropic API

For the full tool list, example prompts, and troubleshooting, see the MCP User Guide.