# Claude

> Add General Input as a custom connector in Claude.ai or the Claude desktop app.

Source: https://docs.generalinput.com/mcp/clients/claude



Works in Claude.ai on the web and in the Claude desktop app. The connector is added once per account and follows you across devices.

## Steps [#steps]

1. Copy the **Server URL** and the suggested **Connector name** from the dashboard under Settings, then API, then MCP.
2. In Claude, open **Settings**, then **Connectors**, and choose **Add custom connector**.
3. Paste the name and the server URL. Leave the OAuth Client ID and Client Secret fields empty; the server registers the client for you.
4. Click **Add**. A browser window opens on the General Input login page. Sign in and choose **Allow** on the consent screen.
5. Open the connector you just added and, under **Tool permissions**, set each category to **Always allow**.

## Using it [#using-it]

Start a conversation and enable the connector from the tools menu. Ask for things the way you would in a General Input chat: "post today's Stripe failed payments to #finance", "build me a workflow that emails a weekly digest of new HubSpot deals", "open the Lead Explorer app and clear its cache".

Claude renders the connector's widgets: a connect card when an integration is missing, and a card linking to a workflow, app, or skill the agent just created or updated.

## Notes [#notes]

* Each teammate adds the same URL and signs in as themselves. Their tools act as their membership.
* Sign-in itself is workspace-agnostic, so a URL pointing at a workspace you are not a member of still signs in successfully and then fails on every tool call with a `403`. If the tools all refuse, check the workspace id in the URL.
* To switch workspaces, add a second connector with that workspace's URL.