MCP Server
Housecat offers a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at https://home.housecat.com/mcp. Connect Claude Desktop or Claude Code directly to Housecat to take advantage of our Connection Hub — fine-grained read/draft/write/archive scopes, approval workflows, and audit logs — across every connected service.
Claude Desktop
Go to Customize → + → Add custom connector and enter:
- Name: Housecat
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Remote MCP server URL:
https://home.housecat.com/mcp
Claude Code
Add the Housecat MCP server with the claude mcp command:
claude mcp remove housecat
claude mcp add --transport http housecat https://home.housecat.com/mcp
Connecting from a remote machine
If you are connecting Claude Code from a remote machine (e.g. over SSH), the OAuth callback redirects to localhost on the remote box and your browser may show:
localhost refused to connect.
Copy the full callback URL from your browser’s address bar and paste it back into Claude Code. It will complete the OAuth flow for you.
The URL looks like:
http://localhost:55547/callback?code=rkjYXwRCcFYYgoN4vtC2rqxS1BrH_7KO91z_EXAMPLE&state=CDt10uiDksOmNmvaIYfFY1tM_EXAMPLE