Quick setup

Connect to Claude.ai

Three steps to wire your remote bridge into Claude.ai as an MCP integration.

1
Install & Start
2
Configure
3
Add to Claude
Step 01

Install & Start the bridge

Install the bridge globally on your server:

npm install -g claude-ide-bridge

Then start it with a fixed auth token:

claude-ide-bridge --bind 0.0.0.0 --port 9000 --fixed-token YOUR_TOKEN

Replace YOUR_TOKEN with any secret string, or generate one: openssl rand -hex 16

Step 02

Generate your MCP config

Generated MCP Config
Step 03

Add the integration to Claude.ai

  1. 1 Go to claude.ai → Settings → Integrations → Add integration
  2. 2 Paste the MCP config generated in Step 2 above
  3. 3 Click Save — Claude will connect to your bridge
Go to Claude.ai Settings