Senzing Cookbook · One-time setup
Welcome to the Senzing Cookbook: build a working Senzing solution, fraud, customer-360, compliance, and more, using an AI coding assistant. No code, just plain-English prompts.
“Getting set up is like hiring your kitchen staff – do it once, and then you can cook any recipe.”
One-time setup: use an AI coding assistant, connect the Senzing MCP (the standard way AI assistants plug into outside tools), and grab a free Senzing license. Do it once, then every recipe is paste-and-cook.
Any assistant that supports MCP works – Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Cursor, ChatGPT Desktop & Codex, Windsurf, or Amazon Kiro – so if you already have one, you’re set. New to this? The recipes were built and demoed with Claude, so the Claude Desktop app is the easiest start – or Amazon Kiro for the AWS recipes (Amazon’s assistant, with Senzing built in).
The free tiers won’t run these assistants (e.g. Claude’s free tier won’t run Claude Code).
Recipes do real, multi-step engineering, so pick your assistant’s deepest “thinking” model, not a fast or cheap one. For Claude that’s Opus; for ChatGPT, its top reasoning model; and the equivalent for the rest.
How you connect depends on your assistant.
the paste prompt doesn’t add it here, so use the app’s settings (two things):
More detail, caveats, and firewall help: Setup help & troubleshooting.
it’s built in: install the Senzing Power in one click from kiro.dev/launch/powers/senzing (or pick Senzing from Kiro’s Add a Power list).
just tell it (paste this):
Add the Senzing MCP server at https://mcp.senzing.com/mcpMost add it right from that prompt. If yours doesn’t, add it in its MCP / connector settings with the same URL (no authentication), or ask it “how do I add an MCP server?” – its UI changes faster than any guide.
Two quick checks before you cook.
1. Are the Senzing tools there? (the connector) Ask your assistant:
List your Senzing MCP tools, then search the Senzing docs for "entity resolution".Tools listed and a result back = connected. No Senzing tools? The connector didn’t take – redo step 2 (add it in settings, or ask your assistant how).
2. Can it download from Senzing? (the network) Recipes pull the Senzing SDK and data from mcp.senzing.com – test it:
Use the Senzing MCP's download_resource tool to download the entity spec, and tell me if it was blocked.It downloads = you’re set. Blocked? That’s a network or firewall block – see Setup help & troubleshooting to fix it.
With the MCP connected, tell your assistant (paste this):
Email me a free Senzing licenseIt emails a free 10-day, 250K-record evaluation license to your work email. Download the license file from your inbox – keep it handy, and when a recipe asks for it, attach it to the chat (or drop it in your assistant’s working folder).
That’s the one-time setup – you won’t repeat it. From here, every recipe is just pick and paste. Your first run will be slower, though – expect a few approval prompts and some one-time installs, so give it extra time.
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