Presso Events - Guide

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From nothing to tickets on sale.

Four steps. You will not fill in a form, learn a dashboard, or copy anything technical. If you can send a message, you can do this. It takes about five minutes.

This page uses Claude, because it is the shortest route. Using ChatGPT instead? Read adding the connector in Claude or ChatGPT.

Before you start

You need a Claude account. A free one works. Two things worth knowing before you spend time on this:

  • On the free plan you can add one custom connector, so this would be it.
  • On a Team or Enterprise account, only the workspace owner can add a connector. If that is not you, you will need to ask them, and it is worth doing that first rather than at step two.

You do not need a Stripe account yet, or a card, or a name for your event. You can add all of that later by asking.

Step 1: add Presso to Claude

Open the link below. Claude shows a box called Add custom connector, already filled in for you. Check that it says Presso Events, then confirm it.

Add Presso Events to Claude →

Claude will warn you that the connector was suggested by an external link, and ask you to check you trust it. That warning is correct and you should read it. The address it is asking you to trust is ours:

https://events.pressonetwork.com/mcp

If you cannot find an option to add a custom connector at all, that is a plan or a permissions problem rather than something you have done wrong. The client guide lists what each plan allows.

Step 2: sign in

The first time Claude uses the connector, it opens a Presso Events sign-in window. Sign in with the email you want your tickets and payouts under. It is passwordless, so there is nothing to choose and nothing to copy.

If you are new, that sign-in creates your organisation there and then. If you already have an account, the same email signs you straight back into it.

Step 3: give your organisation its name

Your organisation starts out named from your email address. It is the name your events run under, and what ticket buyers see, so tell Claude what it should be. It does not have to be a company. Change the name below to yours.

Run it in Claude
Confirm my Presso Events connection and tell me which organisation I am signed in as, then rename it to Rivera Events.

That is the whole connection. You do not add the connector again, and there is no link to keep. How signing in works, if you want the detail.

Step 4: build your first event

You now have the whole thing. Describe your event the way you would describe it to a colleague, and let Claude read the details back to you before anything goes live.

Run it in Claude
Set up my first event: a one-day conference called Autumn Product Summit on 14 October 2026 in London, about 120 people. Add a Standard ticket at 150 pounds and an Early bird at 120 pounds for the first 50. Show me everything before we publish.

Nothing is on sale until you say so. Publishing is a separate step, and Presso will read your ticket names and prices back to you first, because those are the numbers a stranger is about to be charged.

When you want to take money

Ticket money goes to your own Stripe account, not to us, so at some point Claude will hand you a Stripe link to set that up. Until then everything else works, and you can plan a whole event before deciding to sell a ticket. There is nothing to pay until your first ticket sells, and the full price list is on the pricing page.

If something does not work

  • No sign-in window appears. Remove the connector and add it again, and check the address is exactly https://events.pressonetwork.com/mcp with no trailing slash.
  • Claude says authentication is required. The sign-in was not finished. Complete it, and the full toolset appears without reconnecting.
  • Claude cannot see your events. You signed in with a different email from the one holding them, which created a new organisation. Remove the connector, add it again, and sign in with the right email.

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