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title: Claude (web & Desktop) | FLORA API
description: Install FLORA MCP as a custom connector in Claude.ai and Claude Desktop.
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For [Claude.ai](https://claude.ai) (web) and Claude Desktop, FLORA is added as a **custom connector**. Once added, you can enable it on any conversation, and ask Claude to run Techniques as part of normal chat.

Claude.ai (web) and Claude Desktop can’t upload local files to FLORA — they have no shell or filesystem access, so Techniques here can only take inputs that already live at an HTTPS URL. If your workflow needs to upload images or videos from your machine, use a client with terminal access instead: [Claude Code](/mcp/install/claude-code/index.md), [Cursor](/mcp/install/cursor/index.md), or [VS Code](/mcp/install/vscode/index.md). See [Tools → Assets](/mcp/tools/#assets/index.md) for details.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans. Free accounts can connect one custom connector at a time.

## Pro and Max (personal accounts)

1. Open Connectors

   Click your name (bottom-left) → **Settings** → **Connectors** in the Customize section.

2. Add a custom connector

   Click **+** then **Add custom connector**.

3. Paste the FLORA MCP URL

   Enter `https://agents.flora.ai/mcp` as the server URL. Leave OAuth fields empty — FLORA handles OAuth automatically. Click **Add**.

4. Authorize

   Click **Connect** on the new FLORA connector. Sign in with your FLORA account and approve. The connector is now available across all your conversations.

5. Enable in a chat

   Open any chat, click **+** → **Connectors**, and toggle **FLORA** on. Then ask: *“List my FLORA Techniques.”*

## Team and Enterprise

For shared workspaces, an owner adds the connector once for the whole org.

**Owners — initial setup:**

1. Go to **Organization settings** → **Connectors**.
2. Click **Add** → hover **Custom** → select **Web**.
3. Paste `https://agents.flora.ai/mcp`.
4. Click **Add**.

**Members — first use:**

1. Open **Settings** → **Connectors** (in Customize).
2. Find the **FLORA** connector with the **Custom** label.
3. Click **Connect** and sign in with your FLORA account.

Each member authenticates with their own FLORA identity. Usage shows up against the FLORA workspace billing for the account that signed in, not against the org owner.

## Claude Desktop

Desktop uses the same Connectors UI as Claude.ai. Open Claude Desktop → click your name → **Settings** → **Connectors** → **Add custom connector** → paste the URL.

The legacy `claude_desktop_config.json` flow is for **local stdio** MCP servers. FLORA is a remote HTTP server with OAuth — use the Connectors UI, not the config file.

## Verify

After connecting, start a new chat and ask:

> What FLORA Techniques are available in my workspace?

Claude will run a short `client.techniques.list(...)` snippet via the `execute` tool, then show your Techniques inline.

## Disconnect

In Claude: **Settings** → **Connectors** → click FLORA → **Disconnect**.

To also revoke the token server-side: FLORA → Settings → Connected apps → revoke the entry for `FLORA MCP — Claude`.

## Next

- [Authentication details](/mcp/authentication/index.md)
- [Recipes](/mcp/recipes/discover-and-run/index.md) — try the storyboard scenarios.
- [Troubleshooting](/mcp/troubleshooting/index.md)