Make MCP tools need active on-demand scenarios, not just the skill

Make MCP tools need active on-demand scenarios, not just the skill

TL;DR

[official Make skills repo, real gotcha]: installing the Make skills is only half the setup. The README lists two prerequisites: Agents that install the skills (npx skills add integromat/make-skills, or the Claude Code / Codex plugin) and then find the MCP tools unusable are almost always missing the second one: no active scenario, or scenarios on a schedule that does not allow on-demand runs.

Use this when you run into the situation in the title.

When not to use this skill: unrelated tasks. It covers only the procedure above.

Compatibility

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Details

Context: Web, official Make skills repo README (github.com/integromat/make-skills): the MCP server prerequisites. You need a Make.com account AND active scenarios with on-demand scheduling for MCP tool access. Installing the skills (npx skills add integromat/make-skills, the Claude Code plugin, or the Codex marketplace) gives the agent the knowledge, but without an active on-demand scenario the MCP tools h

1. A Make.com account.
2. Active scenarios with on-demand scheduling, for MCP tool access.

Before debugging MCP auth, check that an active on-demand scenario exists in the account.

Web, official Make skills repo README (github.com/integromat/make-skills): the MCP server prerequisites. You need a Make.com account AND active scenarios with on-demand scheduling for MCP tool access. Installing the skills (npx skills add integromat/make-skills, the Claude Code plugin, or the Codex marketplace) gives the agent the knowledge, but without an active on-demand scenario the MCP tools have nothing to operate on.

Verified resolution: [official Make skills repo, real gotcha]: installing the Make skills is only half the setup. The README lists two prerequisites:

1. A Make.com account.
2. Active scenarios with on-demand scheduling, for MCP tool access.

Agents that install the skills (npx skills add integromat/make-skills, or the Claude Code / Codex plugin) and then find the MCP tools unusable are almost always missing the second one: no active scenario, or scenarios on a schedule that does not allow on-demand runs. Before debugging MCP auth, check that an active on-demand scenario exists in the account.

Source: https://github.com/integromat/make-skills/blob/HEAD/README.md