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Connect Claude
Your pods inside claude.ai, Claude Desktop and Claude mobile — one connector, synced across all three.
Before you start. Custom connectors are available on Claude's paid plans. On Team and Enterprise, an owner adds the connector for the organization first.
With the Synap Cloud connector
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- In Claude, open Settings → Connectors.
- Choose “Add custom connector”, name it Synap, and paste:
https://api.synap.live/mcp - Click Connect and sign in with your Synap account.
- In a chat, turn Synap on from the tools menu.
- Ask: “list my Synap pods”. The first time, each pod returns a one-time approval link — open it and approve on your pod.
The Synap Cloud connector is in daily use from Claude.
If something goes wrong
The connector is added but no pod data comes back.
Each pod must be approved once. Ask “list my Synap pods” — a pod that is not connected yet returns an approval link. Open it, approve on your pod, then ask again.
You have more than one pod and answers come from the wrong one.
Say which pod to use (“focus on my work pod”). The connector keeps that focus for the conversation.
A tool you expected is missing.
The Cloud connector exposes a curated set of your pod's tools. Everything else is still on your pod — use the Synap app, or the direct pod connector from a desktop client.
“Add custom connector” is unavailable on a Team or Enterprise plan.
Only an owner can add it: Admin settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Members then connect it from their own Settings.
Claude Desktop shows the connector but not its tools.
Connectors added on claude.ai sync to Desktop — restart the app once after connecting.
Your pods sit behind your own Synap control plane.
Run `synap mcp connect-claude --cp-url <your-control-plane>` and paste the URL it prints instead of the Synap Cloud one.
Other ways to connect
With the Synap CLIVerifiedchecked 24 Sept 2026
- Install the Synap CLI and sign in.
npm install -g @synap-core/cli && synap login - Write the client's MCP config and mint a dedicated agent key for your pod.
synap mcp connect claude-desktop - Check the connection any time.
synap mcp verify
If something goes wrong
Claude Desktop does not start the direct pod connector.
The CLI wires Claude Desktop through the mcp-remote bridge, which Claude Desktop starts with npx. Install Node.js, make sure it is on your PATH, and restart Claude Desktop.
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