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Add the connector

  1. Open Claude Desktop and go to Settings > Connectors.
  2. Choose Add custom, then Web. The Web option is what adds a remote server rather than a local extension.
  3. Paste the endpoint:
  4. Approve the connection when Claude opens your browser.
Claude Desktop stores the credential itself. Nothing goes in a config file by hand.

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Verify

Start a new conversation and ask:
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If Claude answers with a provider name and a timestamp, the connector is live. If it answers from memory with no source, the server did not load. Quit Claude Desktop fully and reopen it, then check Settings > Connectors again.

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Refreshing the tool list

Claude caches the tool list per connection. After Hive ships new tools, disconnect and reconnect the connector, or restart Claude Desktop, to pick them up.