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An MCP is one tracked server. Everything else in MCPulse hangs off it: the ingest keys, the tools, the metrics, the sessions, the alerts, the insights. From the MCP list, click New MCP. The panel asks for one thing.
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Name

The name of the server you are about to instrument. It appears in the list, in the sidebar, and in the MCP tools when an agent asks for it by name.It is the only field, and it is renamable later without affecting a single recorded call.
Click Create. Two things follow.

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Creating one opens it

You are taken straight into the new MCP rather than back to the list. You named the thing; you meant to go there. Landing back on the list would mean finding the row you just made and clicking it.

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The first overview is empty on purpose

Nothing has been recorded yet, so every figure is zero and every chart draws a flat line along its axis. That is deliberate — a new MCP covered in dashes reads as a product that is broken rather than one that is waiting. The empty overview carries one prompt pointing at the install steps. It disappears the moment a payload arrives, rather than sitting above real numbers telling you to do what you have already done.
Creating an MCP requires the admin role or higher. A brand-new user with no account yet becomes the owner of one, so this path stays open on a first sign-in. See Roles and permissions.

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What to do next

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Mint an ingest key

On the Installation page. Named at creation, shown once. See Create a key.
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Install and wrap

npm install @mcpulse/sdk, then one watch() call. See Install the SDK.
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Restart and connect a client

The startup payload goes out on initialize and calls flush within five seconds.

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One MCP or several?

One per server, not per environment — unless you want the environments measured separately, which is often the right call. Staging traffic mixed into production numbers moves the first-call rate for reasons that have nothing to do with your users. Each MCP can hold several keys, so production and staging reporting into the same MCP is also possible. It is a question of whether you want one set of figures or two.