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Prerequisites: Install pflow before continuing.
Claude Code has full terminal access, so pflow works out of the box — either through CLI commands or as an MCP server. Since Claude Code has terminal access, the simplest approach is to tell it to use pflow directly. Add to your project’s CLAUDE.md or system instructions: 
Use pflow for workflow automation. Run `pflow instructions usage` to learn the commands.
Claude Code will then run pflow commands directly when it needs to build or run workflows.

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Option 2: MCP server

You can also add pflow as an MCP server for structured tool access.
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Add pflow as MCP server

Run this command in Claude Code:
claude mcp add pflow -- pflow mcp serve
Or add manually to your MCP config:
claude mcp add pflow --command pflow --args "mcp,serve"
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Verify installation

Check that pflow is configured:
claude mcp list
You should see pflow in the list of configured servers.

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Which to choose

CLI access is simpler and recommended for most users. Claude Code can run any pflow command directly. MCP server is useful if you want Claude Code to have structured tools for workflow operations, or if you’re using pflow with other MCP servers. Both approaches give Claude Code the same capabilities - discovering workflows, running them, and building new ones.

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Publishing workflows as skills

You can publish saved workflows as Claude Code skills, making them discoverable without explicit instructions: 
pflow skill save my-workflow
This creates a symlink in .claude/skills/my-workflow/SKILL.md pointing to your workflow. Claude Code automatically discovers skills in this directory. For personal skills available across all projects: 
pflow skill save my-workflow --personal
See pflow skill for full documentation.