Download & install¶

1. Get the wheel¶

Or install straight from the URL — no manual download needed:

uv tool install --from https://docs.simplifyauth.com/download/iiq_rules_mcp-1.6.4-py3-none-any.whl iiq-rules-mcp

This installs two commands: iiq-rules-mcp (the server your MCP client launches) and iiq-rules-activate (trial and license management).

Requirements

Python 3.11+ and uv (or pipx)
A JDK — 17+ recommended, 11 minimum (enforced at boot)
Your licensed IIQ 8.1 artifacts — identityiq.jar, the full WEB-INF/lib, sailpoint.dtd (and an optional object export)
An MCP client — Claude Desktop is the primary target; any stdio MCP client works

New machine? The setup guide installs uv, Python, and a JDK step by step for Windows and macOS.

2. Start your free trial¶

Evaluation is free and full-featured for 7 days — one trial per person per device, no card:

iiq-rules-activate trial --email you@example.com

3. Point your client at it and verify¶

Add the server to your MCP client's config with your IIQ paths (see New-machine setup for the exact JSON), fully restart the client, then ask it to run iiq_grounding_status — it should report your IIQ version, markers_ok, and pins_ok.

Then follow How to use for the authoring loop and the prompt library.

Support & the live loop¶

A reproducible divergence between "the gate said" and "IIQ did" is the most valuable report you can file — measured failures become shipped, regression-pinned checks. Email contact@simplifyauth.com with the console/import error, the gate's verdict JSON, and your IIQ version.