Hive MCP connector
The Hive connector brings your Hive projects, teams, labels, workspaces and users to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and any MCP client through one endpoint, with each person working inside their own Hive access and every action recorded.
- Connects with an API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
ChatGPT
Elaichi connected
Which Hive projects changed in the last week?
Working in Hive with Elaichi
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List all Hive users
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Governance
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Audit log
Last 24 hours
ChatGPT · 9:41 AM
Done
ChatGPT · 9:41 AM
Done
ChatGPT · 9:41 AM
Done
Claude · 9:38 AM
Done
Cursor · 9:35 AM
Done
How to connect Hive to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Hive MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Hive MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.
Terminal
$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.
Hive MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Hive MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Hive MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.
- Server URL
- https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
- Type
- Dynamic discovery
Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.
Connect Hive to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Hive through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Hive is logged.
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Operations
Set up a new project in a minute
Ask for a new Hive project with the right name and owner, then have the people who will work on it added to the team. Everything is created in the workspace the person signed in to.
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Project management
Find out what projects are live
Ask which Hive projects exist in a workspace, who leads each one, and which labels they carry, without opening every project card.
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Marketing
Keep labels tidy across campaigns
Rename a stale Hive label, create a new one for the quarter's campaign, or retire one nobody uses, all from a plain-language request.
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Client services
Bring a new client's team together
Create a Hive team for a new account, add the account manager and delivery people, and update the membership as the engagement grows.
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IT
Onboard and offboard Hive users
Add a new hire as a Hive user, adjust their role tag when they change jobs, and remove the account when they leave, with each change logged to whoever asked for it.
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Leadership
See how workspaces and groups are organized
Ask for a list of Hive workspaces, the groups inside them, and who belongs where, to check the structure matches how the organization actually works.
Try asking
- “Which Hive projects changed in the last week?”
- “List Hive workspace users in the Design group.”
- “Create a Hive project for the Q3 migration.”
What connecting Hive gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Hive account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Which Hive projects changed in the last week?
List Hive workspace users in the Design group.
Create a Hive project for the Q3 migration.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about Hive projects in plain language.
Starter prompts pull live Hive projects, tasks and users into a straight answer.
ElaichiAI appsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Hive.
One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.
ElaichiToolsTool catalog
73 Hive tools ready without custom code.
Browse Hive users, workspaces, groups, projects and role tags with their methods.
ElaichiToolboxesToolboxes
Every team gets its own Hive toolbox.
Toolboxes scope Hive projects, tasks and users to the team that needs them.
ElaichiConnectionsShared connections
Teammates use Hive without seeing a credential.
See who connected each Hive account and how many teams and members share it.
ElaichiAudit logAudit log
Answer who changed which Hive project.
Append-only log records when, who, what happened, the type and the resource.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Hive digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch projects
Hive
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Hive
Queued
Automations
A schedule fires, Hive work gets done.
Fetch Hive projects, group them, draft a digest, approve, then post back.
Hive health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the projects collection
Projects
1,284 ↓ 12%
Users
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Projects created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Operations 34%
Support EMEA 27%
Engineering 21%
People Ops 18%
Collections and dashboards
Hive project health computed on a schedule.
Four metrics, 14 days of projects created, and a breakdown by team.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Hive
All three can connect Hive to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Hive tools | Allow or restrict single Hive tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per Hive call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
Hive tools for your AI agents
73 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Hive, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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Questions, answered
How do I connect Hive to Claude?
Connect Hive in Elaichi first, which asks you to paste an API key from your Hive account, and there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp as the endpoint. You sign in to Elaichi as yourself and Hive is ready to use in Claude.
Does Hive work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Hive is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Hive once and every client you use picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Hive data?
With Hive connected, an agent can list and look up your Hive projects, teams, labels, workspaces, groups and users, and it can create, update or remove projects, teams, labels and users when you ask. Because Hive has a large set of actions, the agent searches for the right one as you ask, so short concrete requests such as "create a project called Q3 launch" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Hive give the AI access to every workspace and project?
No. Every Hive action runs as the person who signed in, so the AI sees only the Hive workspaces, projects and users that person can already see in Hive. Elaichi can narrow that further with restrictions, but it can never grant more than Hive itself allows that person.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Hive?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Hive projects and labels while restricting the ability to delete a project, remove a user or change a team. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
What happens to a Hive connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Hive through every client at once. If they connected Hive and shared it with a team, the shared connection keeps working for everyone else. Disconnecting Hive once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client at the same time.
Does the Hive MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Hive is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Hive?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Hive. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Hive call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Hive?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Hive: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Hive in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Cursor
- Microsoft Copilot