# Start here: what an AI assistant can do for you

_Connect an AI assistant · 3 min read · Updated 2026-10-28 · https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-start-here/_

An AI assistant can set up your LanaChat workspace for you. You talk to it in plain words. It does the clicks in your place, through the LanaChat **MCP server**. Plan about 5 minutes to connect it, then about 30 minutes for a first creator.

## What MCP is, in five lines

- MCP is an open standard. It lets an AI assistant use the tools of an app on your behalf.
- LanaChat runs an MCP server at `https://api.lanachat.ai/mcp`. It is live today.
- You give the assistant a **token**. The token says what it may do in your workspace.
- The token's boxes decide what each tool may do: a tool outside them refuses, with a clear message.
- No tool sends a message to a fan. Ever.

## What the assistant does for you

- Starts by reading your Get started checklist, so it knows what is done, what still blocks replies and the next step.
- Creates a creator: name, age, language, nationality, bio, prices.
- Sorts her photos in the Vault, sets their prices in Stars and her profile photo.
- Creates her AI Brain, writes her persona and a first script, all as a draft.
- Tests the draft in the Playground and shows you the replies.
- Publishes the brain, connects her Telegram bot and turns replies on, each time only after you write "yes".
- Every day after that: reads your sales, your fans and your numbers, and changes a brain or a script when you ask.

## What stays with you

A few steps cannot be done by an assistant: the business connection in the Telegram app, topping up your balance, and tracking (links, pixels, domains). The assistant tells you when it is your turn and which screen to open.

## Before you start

- A LanaChat account where you are the **owner** (or an agency owner).
- A computer with a terminal (Mac, Windows or Linux), or a desktop assistant app.
- An AI assistant that can connect to an MCP server: Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop, Cursor or VS Code.

## The path, in order

1. [Install Claude Code or Codex](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-install-assistant/) (10 minutes, skip it if you already have one).
2. [Create your MCP token](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-create-mcp-token/) in the Console.
3. Connect your assistant: [Claude Code](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-connect-claude-code/), [Codex](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-connect-codex/), or [Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-connect-desktop-editors/).
4. [Test the connection](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-test-connection/): ask it to list your creators.
5. Paste [the setup prompt](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-setup-prompt/) and answer its questions.
6. Do [the Telegram step only you can do](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-telegram-human-step/), then check [what the assistant cannot do](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-cannot-do/).

> Tip: Never paste your token in a chat with the assistant. It goes in the configuration only, once.

## Related

- [Create your MCP token](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-create-mcp-token/)
- [The setup prompt: copy, paste, answer](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-setup-prompt/)
- [API & MCP: connect an AI assistant](https://lanachat.ai/guides/api-mcp/)