--- title: Connect Claude Desktop description: Add looot as a custom connector on Claude Desktop, sign in with the browser, and check it works. sidebar: label: Claude Desktop --- Claude Desktop reaches looot through a custom connector. The same connector works in Claude Desktop, claude.ai and the Claude mobile apps: see [claude.ai](/connect/claude-ai) if you're setting that up too. Before you start you need a looot account. The runs you make spend the organization's balance, so top up before your first paid run. See [Before your first run](/money#before-your-first-run). :::note Not tested by hand yet. Steps follow [the client's own docs](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp); if a menu has moved, that page wins. ::: ## Sign in with the browser The server URL is `https://api.looot.ai/mcp`. Nothing to copy: you sign in on looot.ai, pick the organization to bill and click **Connect**. **Add a custom connector** ```text 1. Open Customize, then Connectors, then +, then Add custom connector. 2. Name: looot. Remote MCP server URL: https://api.looot.ai/mcp. Leave Advanced settings empty. 3. Click Add, then Connect. Sign in on looot.ai, pick the organization, click Connect. 4. In a chat, open the + menu, then Connectors, and turn looot on. ``` ## Headless: a token in the header This client has no field for a header token. Browser sign-in is the only way. ## Notes - Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds it once under Organization settings, Connectors; each member then clicks Connect. - The Free plan allows one custom connector. - No Node, no mcp-remote and no token: the connection runs from Anthropic's cloud. ## Check it works Ask Claude to call [`balance`](/mcp-tools/balance) or [`catalog_overview`](/mcp-tools/catalog-overview). Both are free. A working connection answers with your available balance, or the catalog's categories and job counts. ## What you see when you connect The browser opens looot.ai and shows the consent page: which organization to bill, which scopes to grant and how long to stay connected. See [The consent page](/connect#the-consent-page).