# Claude

> Source: https://elaichi.ai/docs/guides/mcp-servers/claude/

Connect Claude to Elaichi **once**. From then on, every app your organization has connected in Elaichi — and every tool you are allowed to use — is reachable from a Claude conversation.

**Where to find the endpoint:** in the Elaichi web app, open **Connect your AI client** and copy the endpoint shown there.

Elaichi works the same way behind every client: one connection, one consent screen, your own access. [How Elaichi connects to AI clients](/guides/mcp-servers/how-it-works) covers that part — this page is the Claude half.

## Before you start

| Requirement | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| **Claude plan** | Custom connectors work on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. Free is limited to one custom connector |
| **Who can add it** | On **Team and Enterprise, only an Owner** can add a connector. Everyone else connects to it individually once it exists |
| **Elaichi account** | The same sign-in you use for the web app |

## Connect Claude to Elaichi

1. In Claude, open **Settings → Connectors**.
2. Choose **Add custom connector** and paste the endpoint.
3. Sign in to Elaichi and approve what the connector can do.

Paste the endpoint exactly as Elaichi gives it to you. Leave **OAuth Client ID** and **Client Secret** empty under Advanced settings — Elaichi supports dynamic client registration, so Claude registers itself on first contact.

:::callout{type="info"}
Claude reaches your endpoint from Anthropic's cloud, not from your computer. The endpoint has to be reachable on the public internet — a `localhost` address will not work.
:::

Signing in brings up Elaichi's consent screen. Only **Read** is granted by default, and for most Claude use you want **Read** and **Run tools** — see [Approve what the client can do](/guides/mcp-servers/how-it-works#approve-what-the-client-can-do) for what each scope covers.

## Connect your first app

Start by pasting this into Claude — it is the same prompt the **Connect your AI client** dialog hands you, and it both confirms the connection and gets you moving:

> Elaichi is connected. List the Elaichi tools you have, then help me connect my first app. If a sign-in comes up, stop and tell me. I approve the access myself.

Those last two sentences are deliberate. A model cannot grant itself access to Elaichi — approving is yours to do. Without them a client will happily report success while the sign-in sits there unanswered.

Connecting the app itself happens **in Elaichi, not in Claude** — see [Connecting an account](/guides/connections/connecting-an-account).

Anything you connect appears in Claude without re-adding anything there — same endpoint, more tools behind it. The same is true in reverse: disconnect in Elaichi and it disappears from Claude.

## Good to know

- **On Team and Enterprise the connector is added once, by an Owner.** Everyone else then enables it for themselves and signs in as themselves — so each person's tools still follow their own access.
- **To disconnect**, remove the connector in Claude, or revoke the grant in Elaichi — revoking stops the token working immediately.

## Troubleshooting

| Symptom | Likely cause |
| --- | --- |
| **No tools appear after connecting** | No apps connected in Elaichi yet, or no toolbox you can reach. Connect an app first |
| **Add custom connector is missing** | On Team or Enterprise only an Owner can add one. Ask an Owner to add it, then enable it for yourself |
| **A tool you expect is missing** | It is blocked by a restriction, or it is not in a toolbox you can reach. Connected tools are never listed, so ask Claude to search for it |
| **A call is refused after consent** | The scope it needs was not granted. Re-connect and widen the consent |
| **A newly connected app does not appear** | Most clients cache the tool list — start a new conversation, or reconnect the connector |

## Related

- [How Elaichi connects to AI clients](/guides/mcp-servers/how-it-works) — one connection, scopes, and what Claude sees
- [ChatGPT](/guides/mcp-servers/chatgpt) — the same endpoint in ChatGPT
- [Cursor](/guides/mcp-servers/cursor) — the same endpoint in Cursor
- [Connecting an account](/guides/connections/connecting-an-account)
- [How toolboxes work](/guides/toolboxes/overview)
- [Set restrictions](/guides/governance/set-restrictions)