Connect an AI assistant (MCP)

Turning the server on

1. 1Settings > MCP, Server tab.
2. 2Turn Enable MCP server on. The state becomes Active, 127.0.0.1:49422.

The server only listens on this Mac: nothing is exposed on the network. The programs of the Mac that hold the token can call it.

Claude Desktop: the extension

1. 1Clients tab, Claude Desktop extension card, Install the extension.
2. 2Claude Desktop shows its own installation window. It asks for the SSHive token: in SSHive, Server tab, Advanced: port, token, Copy, then paste. Leave the Port at 49422.
3. 3In a Claude Desktop conversation, ask for example "List my SSHive sessions".

Claude Code, Cursor and the others

Clients tab, Manual configuration: a block ready to copy for each client, with the Copy button, and Copy path for the file to paste it into.

• Claude Code: the simplest way is the command of the CLI alternative block, to paste into the Terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user sshive http://127.0.0.1:49422/mcp --header "Authorization:Bearer <token>"

• Cursor: paste the block into ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sshive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:49422/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <token>" }
    }
  }
}

• Continue.dev, Windsurf: the native SSE block (http://127.0.0.1:49422/sse).

Then restart the client.

Port and token

Advanced: port, token: Port (49422 by default, changeable while the server is stopped) and Bearer Token (Copy, Regenerate). Regenerating cuts the clients you set up by hand off: paste the new token into them.