HiveHIVE

Connect your AI tool to Hive

Pick your operating system and AI system. The MCP URL for this server is https://hive.services.plygrnd.tech/mcp/ (already filled into the snippets below). The one thing you need from your team admin is the bearer token.

Operating system
AI system

Claude Desktop

Recommended — Connectors UI. Claude Desktop's JSON config file only supports local servers, so add Hive as a remote connector instead: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then enter:

The hive tools then appear in the tool menu. Do not put a "type":"http" entry in claude_desktop_config.json — Desktop rejects it as invalid (that file is for local command-based servers only).

Alternative — JSON via the mcp-remote bridge (needs Node.js). Edit claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/"Application Support"/Claude/Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://hive.services.plygrnd.tech/mcp/",
               "--header", "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Code

Add the remote server with one command:

claude mcp add --transport http hive https://hive.services.plygrnd.tech/mcp/ \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>"

Verify with claude mcp list, then in a session ask: "search Hive for …".

macOS: install the CLI with npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code (needs Node).
Windows (native PowerShell): same command; ensure the claude CLI and Node are installed on Windows.
Windows + WSL: run the command inside your WSL shell, where you use Claude Code. The config lives in the WSL home / project.

GitHub Copilot (VS Code, Agent mode)

Create .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace. VS Code recommends not hardcoding the token — reference an environment variable:

{
  "servers": {
    "hive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hive.services.plygrnd.tech/mcp/",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:HIVE_TOKEN}" }
    }
  }
}

Start VS Code with the token in the environment (export HIVE_TOKEN=<TOKEN> && code .), then open Copilot Chat in Agent mode — the Hive tools show in the tools list.

Windows + WSL (Remote-WSL): put .vscode/mcp.json in the workspace opened inside WSL, not the Windows-side copy.

Then: turn on the reflex

Add the "ask Hive first / capture each exchange" instructions to your tool so it uses Hive on its own. Ask your admin for the snippet, or see the nudge-snippets integration doc.