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Corrently MCP with Claude: Greener Energy Decisions From Live Data
The short answer
Claude works with Corrently through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that acts as a secure adapter between the two. Once connected with an API key, Claude can read real-time and forecasted renewable energy, CO2 and electricity price data and answer questions in natural language. Your organisation controls what Claude can access and which actions need approval.
What is Corrently?
Corrently is a data service that provides real-time and forecasted information on renewable energy availability, carbon dioxide emissions and electricity prices, delivered through an API. It is used by businesses, facilities teams, sustainability leads, energy managers and software developers who want to shift energy use to cleaner, cheaper periods. Its data helps users plan operations around when the grid is greener and when power costs less.
How Claude connects to Corrently through MCP
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets Claude securely use other software, reading information and taking actions with permissions your organisation controls. Think of it as a universal adapter between Claude and a tool. For Corrently, the connection uses your API key, so access is tied to credentials you issue and can revoke at any time.
Once connected, Claude can read Corrently's renewable energy availability, CO2 emission figures and electricity price data, including forecasts. A facilities manager could ask, in plain English, when the next six hours are cleanest or cheapest, and Claude can compare the periods and explain the trade-offs without anyone writing a query.
Permissions and approvals keep people in charge. We set up least-privilege access so Claude only reads what the workflow needs. Any step that changes a schedule, starts equipment or sends a recommendation to a live system can require a named person to approve it first, and every request is recorded in an audit log.
What you can automate
Scheduling energy-intensive tasks
Operations teams can ask Claude when to run heavy processes such as data backups, batch jobs or industrial washing. Claude reviews forecasted renewable availability and electricity prices, then suggests the cleanest and lowest-cost windows. A manager reviews the suggestion before the schedule changes, keeping control over critical timings.
Carbon reporting for sustainability teams
Sustainability leads can ask Claude to summarise emissions intensity across a reporting period and highlight the hours when consumption was most carbon-heavy. This helps teams explain progress to leadership and spot patterns worth acting on. Claude drafts the summary, and the team checks it before it goes into any formal report.
Price-aware energy planning
Finance and energy managers can monitor electricity price movements and ask Claude which upcoming periods offer the best value. Claude can flag unusual price spikes against the forecast so the team can respond early, for example by shifting flexible loads or pausing non-essential equipment.
Smarter building operations
Facilities teams can connect Claude to their building management routines so that heating, cooling and charging decisions consider both cost and carbon. Claude proposes adjustments in plain language, such as pre-cooling an office before a predicted high-carbon period. Staff approve changes before they are applied.
Customer-facing energy assistants
Software teams can build chatbots or internal assistants on Claude that answer questions like "Is now a good time to charge our fleet?" The assistant draws on Corrently data through the connection, giving staff or customers clear, current answers while the data source and access limits stay under your control.
An end-to-end workflow: Shifting a factory's flexible load to cleaner, cheaper hours
TriggerEach morning, the operations lead asks Claude to plan the day's flexible energy use, or the workflow runs automatically at 06:00.
Claude retrieves Corrently's forecasted renewable availability, CO2 intensity and electricity prices for the next 24 hours.
Claude checks the factory's production calendar in Microsoft 365 to see which batch jobs and maintenance tasks can move.
Claude ranks the candidate time windows by carbon intensity and price, and notes any constraints from the calendar.
Claude creates a proposed schedule and a short plain-English summary of the expected savings and emissions reduction.
The operations lead reviews and approves or edits the schedule, and the approved changes are logged in the ticketing system.
OutcomeFlexible loads run in cleaner, lower-cost windows where operations allow. Typical results include lower energy spend and a smaller carbon footprint, with the schedule always approved by a person before it takes effect.
How we set it up
Free automation audit
We review how your teams use energy, emissions and price data today and identify the workflows worth automating with Corrently and Claude. You leave with a clear list of priorities and a rough view of effort.
Secure connection
We connect Claude to Corrently using your API key, stored securely and scoped to the minimum access the workflows need. Keys can be rotated or revoked at any time.
Workflow design
We design the end-to-end process across Corrently and your other systems, such as Microsoft 365, your CRM, ERP or ticketing tool. We define which actions need human approval and how decisions are recorded.
Testing against real cases
We test the workflow using your past scheduling and energy records, checking that Claude's recommendations match what your team would have chosen. We refine prompts, rules and approval steps until the results are reliable.
Launch, monitoring and training
We launch with audit logs and monitoring in place, then train your team on asking questions, reviewing suggestions and handling exceptions. We stay on hand for tuning after go-live.
Who benefits
- Facilities and operations managers
- Plan heavy equipment and processes around cleaner, cheaper hours without manually checking forecasts.
- Sustainability and ESG leads
- Get clear summaries of emissions patterns to support internal reporting and decision-making.
- Finance and energy procurement teams
- Spot price spikes early and identify the best windows for flexible consumption.
- Software developers and product teams
- Build chatbots and internal assistants that answer energy questions in natural language.
Security and control
- Least-privilege API access, so Claude only reads the data each workflow requires.
- Human approval for any action that changes a schedule, equipment setting or live system.
- Audit logs that record every data request and every approved decision.
- Secure storage and regular rotation of API keys, with immediate revocation if needed.
- Testing against your own historical cases before any workflow goes live.
For teams in the US, UK, India and the Middle East
Organisations in the United States, the United Kingdom, India and the Middle East each have their own data rules, and we design around them. Businesses in India must consider the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, while organisations in the UAE and Saudi Arabia must follow their national data protection laws. Claude can be hosted in India, the United States, the United Kingdom or the European Union, and we choose the hosting region to meet your requirements.
Learn more about Claude and MCP
Anthropic's AI model and assistant.
Secure links between Claude and business tools.
How engineers build and change software with Claude.
Hosted agents that run multi-step work.
The open standard Claude uses to connect to tools.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Corrently MCP server do?
The Corrently MCP server acts as a secure bridge between Claude and Corrently's data. It lets Claude request renewable energy availability, CO2 emission figures and electricity price data, including forecasts, in response to plain-language questions. It reads and retrieves information according to the access your organisation sets, so Claude can answer questions without anyone writing technical queries.
Is connecting Corrently to Claude secure?
Yes, when set up with care. Access uses an API key that you issue and control, scoped to the minimum needed for each workflow. Keys can be rotated or revoked at any time. Every request is logged, and any action that changes a live system can require human approval before it runs.
What can Claude do with Corrently once connected?
Claude can read renewable energy availability, CO2 intensity and electricity prices, compare time periods, summarise trends and explain the trade-offs between cleaner, cheaper and convenient options. Where your workflow allows, it can also draft schedules or recommendations for a person to review. Typically, it does not change anything without approval.
How long does setup take?
Timelines depend on how many workflows you want and how many systems they touch. A single well-defined workflow with one connection is often ready within a few weeks, including testing and training. Larger programmes spanning several tools and sites take longer. The free automation audit gives you a realistic estimate for your situation.
What access or plan do I need?
You need an active Corrently API key with the access level your chosen workflows require. The exact plan and permissions depend on Corrently's own terms, so check them with Corrently directly. During the free audit, we confirm which access is needed and help you request only what the workflows use.