Connect your AI app

Your AI app reaches your nodes through one address:

https://app.dashcat.ai/mcp

It’s also at the top of the Nodes page in Dashcat Dashboard. Add it to your AI app as a custom connector (some apps call it a remote MCP server), then sign in with your Dashcat account when the app asks. You do this once per app, not once per node: new nodes show up by themselves.

Each app you connect is listed under Connections in Dashcat Dashboard. From there you can limit it to some nodes, or remove it.

Claude

On claude.ai or in the Claude desktop app:

1. Go to Customize › Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
2. Name it Dashcat and paste the address. Leave the other settings as they are.
3. Choose Add, then Connect, and sign in with your Dashcat account.

The connector then works in the Claude mobile apps too. On Team and Enterprise plans an Owner adds it under Organization settings › Connectors, and each person connects with their own Dashcat account. Free plans can add one custom connector.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http dashcat https://app.dashcat.ai/mcp

Then run /mcp in Claude Code, choose dashcat and sign in. This works in Claude Code on the web too.

ChatGPT

Custom connectors need a paid ChatGPT plan and developer mode:

1. In Settings › Apps & Connectors › Advanced settings, turn on Developer mode.
2. Back in Apps & Connectors, choose Create. Name it Dashcat, paste the address and choose OAuth for authentication.
3. Choose Create and sign in with your Dashcat account.

ChatGPT’s menus change often. If these names don’t match, look for adding a custom MCP connector in OpenAI’s help.

Codex

codex mcp add dashcat --url https://app.dashcat.ai/mcp
codex mcp login dashcat

Cursor

Add Dashcat to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dashcat": { "url": "https://app.dashcat.ai/mcp" }
  }
}

Cursor shows Needs login beside Dashcat under Settings › MCP. Choose it to sign in.

VS Code

Add Dashcat to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace, or run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette:

{
  "servers": {
    "dashcat": { "type": "http", "url": "https://app.dashcat.ai/mcp" }
  }
}

Start the server from the file or the Extensions view, and sign in when VS Code asks.

Other apps

Any app that takes a remote MCP server over HTTP with OAuth sign-in works. Give it the address above. The app registers itself with Dashcat’s sign-in automatically.

Try it

Ask your AI “which of my Dashcat nodes are online?”. It should list your nodes. Then try real work: “check for updates on reception-pc”. What your AI can do lists every tool.

If it doesn’t connect

• Sign-in loops or fails: sign out of Dashcat Dashboard and try again, or remove the connector from the app and add it once more.
• No nodes listed: check the node is Online in Dashcat Dashboard, that it allows the connector (not Direct only), and that this app’s entry under Connections can work on it.
• A node you just added is missing: start a new chat, so the app asks Dashcat again.