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Connect your AI tools in a few minutes.

Pick the way that fits the tool you use. Each one has step-by-step directions. No technical setup, and you can undo any connection at any time.

Connect in the app.For Claude, ChatGPT and other tools that let you add a connector. Sign in and approve. No codes to copy.Install on your computer.For Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code and other tools that run on your machine. Paste one block of text.Share a link.For any tool that can read a web page. Nothing to install.

Pick your tool

ClaudeChatGPTClaude CodeClaude DesktopCursorWindsurfCodexGemini CLIOpenCodeLM StudioOpen WebUIOllamaPerplexityGrokAny other tool

Before you start

  • You need an AI Context Keeper account. The free plan is enough. Start free
  • Connecting is included on every plan.
  • Once connected, a tool can read and search your files, create new ones, edit them, move them, and delete them. Deleted files go to your Trash, so nothing is lost by accident. A tool cannot create public links, change your billing, or change your team.
  • You can remove any connection at any time from Account › API.

Connect in the app

This is the easiest way. The tool asks you to sign in to AI Context Keeper, you click Approve, and you are done.

Your connector address

https://www.aicontextkeeper.com/mcp

Claude on the web

  1. Open claude.ai and sign in.
  2. Click your initials in the bottom left corner, then Settings.
  3. Click Connectors in the left menu.
  4. Click Add custom connector.
  5. In the Name box, type AI Context Keeper.
  6. In the Remote MCP server URL box, paste https://www.aicontextkeeper.com/mcp.
  7. Click Add.
  8. Find AI Context Keeper in your list of connectors and click Connect.
  9. A new tab opens with the AI Context Keeper sign-in page. Sign in if you are not already.
  10. Read the approve screen. It tells you what Claude will be allowed to do. Click Approve.
  11. The tab closes or returns you to Claude. The connector now shows as connected.

How you know it worked: start a new chat and type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces." Claude lists them.

If it didn't: make sure the connector is turned on for the chat. Click the plus or tools button in the chat box, find AI Context Keeper, and switch it on. If Claude says the connection failed, remove the connector in Settings › Connectors and add it again.

Claude Desktop and the Claude mobile app

Connectors you add on the web show up in the Claude desktop and mobile apps on the same account. There is nothing extra to install.

  1. Add the connector on claude.ai using the steps above.
  2. Open the Claude desktop app or the mobile app and sign in with the same account.
  3. Start a new chat. Click the plus or tools button in the chat box.
  4. Find AI Context Keeper in the list and make sure it is switched on.

How you know it worked: type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

If it didn't: quit the app fully and open it again. If the connector is still missing, sign out and back in.

Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's tool for the terminal. You add the connector with one command, then sign in.

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Paste this command and press Enter:
    claude mcp add --transport http aicontextkeeper https://www.aicontextkeeper.com/mcp
  3. Start Claude Code by typing claude and pressing Enter.
  4. Type /mcp and press Enter. Pick aicontextkeeper from the list and choose to sign in.
  5. Your browser opens the AI Context Keeper sign-in page. Sign in, read the approve screen, and click Approve.
  6. Go back to the terminal. The server shows as connected.

How you know it worked: in Claude Code, type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

If it didn't: run claude mcp list to check the server is there. If it is missing, run the add command again. If sign-in keeps failing, remove it with claude mcp remove aicontextkeeper and start over.

Prefer a token instead of signing in? See "Install on your computer" below. Claude Code works either way.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT connects through a setting called Developer Mode. It is a one-time switch; you do not need to be a developer.

  1. Open ChatGPT on the web and sign in.
  2. Click your profile picture, then Settings.
  3. Click Connectors.
  4. Click Advanced settings and switch on Developer mode.
  5. Go back to Connectors and click Create.
  6. In the Name box, type AI Context Keeper.
  7. In the MCP Server URL box, paste https://www.aicontextkeeper.com/mcp.
  8. Under Authentication, choose OAuth.
  9. Tick the box to confirm you trust this application, then click Create.
  10. ChatGPT opens the AI Context Keeper sign-in page. Sign in, read the approve screen, and click Approve.
  11. Back in ChatGPT, start a new chat. Click the plus button in the chat box, then Developer mode, and switch on AI Context Keeper.

How you know it worked: type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

If it didn't: Developer mode may not be available on every ChatGPT plan. Check that the switch in step 4 stayed on. If ChatGPT says the connection failed, delete the connector and create it again.

Any other tool that takes a connector address

Many AI tools let you add a connector by pasting an address. The words differ a little from tool to tool, but the steps are the same.

  1. Open the tool's settings and look for Connectors, Integrations, MCP servers or Tools.
  2. Choose to add a new one. Name it AI Context Keeper.
  3. Paste https://www.aicontextkeeper.com/mcp as the address or URL.
  4. If the tool asks how to sign in, choose OAuth or Sign in with the service.
  5. Save. The tool opens the AI Context Keeper sign-in page. Sign in and click Approve.

How you know it worked: ask the tool to list your AI Context Keeper workspaces.

If it didn't: some tools do not support signing in this way. Use "Install on your computer" with a token, or "Share a link".

The approve screen

When a tool connects, AI Context Keeper shows you a page before anything happens. It names the tool, shows which account you are signed in with, and lists two permissions:

  • Read: see your workspaces, folders and files.
  • Write: create, edit, move and delete files, folders and workspaces.

Approve grants both permissions. What the tool is allowed to do with them, and whether it asks you first, is set inside the tool. In Claude, that is Settings › Connectors › Configure.

Click Approve to connect, or Deny to stop. To remove a tool later, go to Account › API, find it under Connected apps, and click Revoke. The tool loses access right away.

Install on your computer

Some tools run on your own machine and need a small helper program to reach your files. Setup is two steps: make a token, then paste one block of text into the tool. The helper installs itself the first time the tool starts.

You need Node.js version 20 or newer on your computer. Most of these tools already require it. If you are not sure, the tool's own install guide will say.

Step A: make an API token

A token is a long password that lets one tool reach your account. You make one per tool.

  1. Sign in to AI Context Keeper and click your profile, then Account.
  2. Click the API tab.
  3. Click Generate Token.
  4. In the Name box, type the tool's name, for example Cursor.
  5. Choose when it expires. 90 days is recommended. You can make a new one when it runs out.
  6. Click Generate.
  7. Your token appears once. It starts with ack_. Click Copy and paste it somewhere safe, such as a password manager. You will not see it again.

Keep the token private. Anyone who has it can read your files. If you think it has leaked, come back to this tab and click Revoke.

Step B: set up your tool

In every block below, replace your-token with the token you just copied. Keep the quotation marks.

Claude Desktop

  1. Open Claude Desktop.
  2. Open Settings (on Mac: Claude menu › Settings; on Windows: the menu button › Settings).
  3. Click Developer, then Edit Config. A file called claude_desktop_config.json opens in a text editor, or the folder that holds it opens.
  4. If the file is empty, paste all of this:
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "aicontextkeeper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aicontextkeeper/mcp-server"],
      "env": { "ACK_API_TOKEN": "your-token" }
    }
  }
}
    If the file already has other servers in it, paste only the "aicontextkeeper" part inside the existing "mcpServers" section, after a comma.
  5. Replace your-token with your token and save the file.
  6. Quit Claude Desktop fully and open it again.

Where the file lives, if you need to find it yourself:

  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

How you know it worked: start a new chat, click the tools button, and AI Context Keeper is listed. Type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

If it didn't: the most common cause is a missing comma or bracket in the file. Copy the block again and check that every { has a matching }. Then restart the app.

Claude Code (with a token)

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Paste this command, replace your-token, and press Enter:
    claude mcp add aicontextkeeper --scope user --env ACK_API_TOKEN=your-token -- npx -y @aicontextkeeper/mcp-server

How you know it worked: run claude mcp list. AI Context Keeper is listed. In Claude Code, type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

If it didn't: run claude mcp remove aicontextkeeper and try the command again, checking the token has no spaces.

Cursor

  1. Open Cursor.
  2. Open Settings (Mac: Cursor menu › Settings › Cursor Settings; Windows: File › Preferences › Cursor Settings).
  3. Click Tools & MCP (older versions call it MCP).
  4. Click Add Custom MCP or New MCP Server. A file called mcp.json opens.
  5. Paste this, replacing your-token:
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "aicontextkeeper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aicontextkeeper/mcp-server"],
      "env": { "ACK_API_TOKEN": "your-token" }
    }
  }
}
  6. Save the file. Back in Settings, AI Context Keeper appears with a green dot when it is running.

How you know it worked: open the chat panel and type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

If it didn't: click the refresh icon next to the server in Settings. If the dot stays red, check the file for a missing comma or bracket.

Windsurf

  1. Open Windsurf.
  2. Open Settings, then Cascade (or MCP), and click Add server or View raw config.
  3. The file ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json opens. Paste the same block as Cursor above, replacing your-token.
  4. Save and click Refresh.

How you know it worked: in the chat panel, type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

If it didn't: check the file for a missing comma or bracket, then refresh.

Codex

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Paste this command, replace your-token, and press Enter:
    codex mcp add aicontextkeeper --env ACK_API_TOKEN=your-token -- npx -y @aicontextkeeper/mcp-server

How you know it worked: start Codex and type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

Gemini CLI

  1. Open the file ~/.gemini/settings.json in a text editor. Create it if it does not exist.
  2. Paste the same block as Cursor above, replacing your-token. If the file already has settings, add the "mcpServers" section inside the outer braces, after a comma.
  3. Save. Start Gemini CLI.

How you know it worked: type /mcp to see the server listed, then "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

OpenCode

  1. Open your OpenCode config file (opencode.json in your project, or ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json).
  2. Add this inside the outer braces, replacing your-token:
    "mcp": {
  "aicontextkeeper": {
    "type": "local",
    "command": ["npx", "-y", "@aicontextkeeper/mcp-server"],
    "environment": { "ACK_API_TOKEN": "your-token" }
  }
}
  3. Save and restart OpenCode.

How you know it worked: type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

Keeping it up to date

The npx -y part of every block fetches the current helper each time the tool starts. There is nothing to update by hand.

If a tool stops working later

  • "Authentication failed. Check your API token." Your token expired or was revoked. Make a new one (Step A) and paste it into the tool's file in place of the old one.
  • The tool cannot find the server. Restart the tool. If it still fails, check the config file for a missing comma or bracket.
  • Your team's workspaces are frozen. If the tool shows a message about a billing hold, the team owner needs to update their subscription. Your personal workspaces still work.

Share a link

Any tool that can read a web page can read a link from AI Context Keeper. There is nothing to install and nothing to sign in to. Use this for Perplexity, Grok, Gemini in the browser, and any tool not listed above.

One file

  1. Sign in to AI Context Keeper and open the workspace.
  2. In the file list, hover over the file and click the link icon, Copy link for AI. (It is also in the file's menu as Copy Link.)
  3. Go to your AI tool and paste the link into the chat with your request. For example: "Read this and draft a reply in the same voice: https://www.aicontextkeeper.com/public/files/..."

The tool opens the link and reads your file as plain text.

A whole folder

  1. In the folder list, open the folder's menu and click Copy All File Links.
  2. Paste into the chat. You get one line per file, each with its title and link. Files inside subfolders are not included; copy those separately.

Make links expire

By default a link works until you delete the file or move it to Trash.

  1. Go to Account › Security.
  2. Switch on Temporary Share URLs.
  3. Choose 24 hours or 7 days.

After that time the old link stops working. The next time you copy a link, you get a new one.

A link needs no login, so anyone who has it can read that file. Share it the way you would share any link.

Save from your chats

The Chrome extension goes the other way. It saves good answers from your AI tools into AI Context Keeper, so your files stay current.

  1. Install AI Context Keeper from the Chrome Web Store.
  2. Click the extension icon in your toolbar and sign in with your AI Context Keeper email and password. If you use two-step verification, enter your code when asked.
  3. Open ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or Grok.
  4. Select the text you want to keep, right-click, and choose Save to AI Context Keeper.
  5. The extension opens. Pick a workspace and a folder, check the title, and click Save.

How you know it worked: the file appears in your workspace. Any connected tool can read it right away.

Local and private AI

Models that run on your own computer connect the same way as the tools above.

LM Studio

  1. Open LM Studio.
  2. Click the Program tab in the right-hand panel (the wrench icon).
  3. Click Install, then Edit mcp.json.
  4. Paste the same block as Cursor above (in "Install on your computer"), replacing your-token with a token from Step A.
  5. Save. AI Context Keeper appears in the list of servers. Switch it on for your chat.

How you know it worked: type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

Open WebUI

  1. Open Open WebUI and sign in as an admin.
  2. Click your name, then Admin Panel, then Settings, then External Tools.
  3. Click the plus button to add a tool server.
  4. Set Type to MCP (Streamable HTTP).
  5. In the URL box, paste https://www.aicontextkeeper.com/mcp.
  6. Set Auth to Bearer and paste a token from Step A.
  7. Give it the name AI Context Keeper and click Save.
  8. In a chat, click the tools or plus button and switch on AI Context Keeper.

How you know it worked: type "List my AI Context Keeper workspaces."

Ollama

Ollama runs the model. To give it your files, use it through a front end that supports connectors, such as Open WebUI (steps above) or a coding tool from "Install on your computer" that lets you pick an Ollama model.

What your tools can do once connected

Once connected, a tool can:

  • Find and read. List your workspaces, folders and files. Search by words. Read any file.
  • Create and edit. Make a new file. Change a file's content or title.
  • Organize. Move a file to another folder or workspace. Create, rename and delete folders. Send a file to Trash.
  • Manage workspaces. Create, rename or delete a workspace, within your plan's limits.

Things to try:

  • "Read my brand voice file and rewrite this email to match."
  • "Search my workspace for anything about onboarding and summarize it."
  • "Save this answer as a new file called Meeting Notes in my Projects folder."
  • "Update the pricing file: the Pro plan now includes five members."

Limits and troubleshooting

  • How much a tool can ask. Every plan includes the connector. Basic has standard limits on how often a tool can call it; Pro has higher limits and Premium the highest. Normal use never gets near them.
  • Tokens. You can have up to ten active tokens. Each one expires on the date you chose. Expired and revoked tokens are listed on the API tab so you can see what happened.
  • Connected apps. Tools that connected by signing in are listed under Account › API › Connected apps, with the date they connected and were last used. Revoke one there and it loses access right away.
  • Billing hold. If your team's subscription lapses, the team's workspaces freeze for everyone until it is renewed. Tools get a message with the deadline. Personal workspaces are not affected.
  • Still stuck? Contact us and say which tool and which step. We will help.

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