Connect your AI

Connect Claude to your search.

Two routes in: the app connects with a browser sign-in and nothing to copy but a URL; Claude Code connects with an API key. These are the steps we run ourselves — Claude is the setup we test end to end.

In the app (claude.ai and desktop) #

Works in claude.ai and the Claude desktop app. Nothing to copy but the URL.

In Claude, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
Paste the SoloSearcher connection URL and continue.
```
https://app.solosearcher.com/mcp
```
Your browser opens SoloSearcher. Sign in with your normal login.
Choose what Claude is allowed to do — read-only or read-and-write — then approve.

Claude gets a private token tied to your account. You never handle it.

Add custom connector dialog configured for SoloSearcher

In the terminal (Claude Code) #

Claude Code cannot open a browser, so it authenticates with an API key instead.

Create an API key in Settings → API Keys and copy it right away — it is shown once.

claude mcp add --transport http solosearcher \
  https://app.solosearcher.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Run claude and ask it to list SoloSearcher tools to confirm.

Any compatible client connects the same way: streamable HTTP plus a Bearer header. See Developer tools for the generic pattern.

Choose what Claude can do #

Every connection is scoped when you approve it. Read-only lets Claude search and read your companies, notes, contacts, and financials. Read-and-write also lets it save its work — finished reports, notes, and updates land on the company record instead of staying in the chat.

A read-only connection can still run any skill; it returns the analysis to you in the conversation rather than storing it. You can revoke access at any time, and every request is recorded in the product audit trail.

First thing to try #

Confirm the connection is live by asking Claude:

List the SoloSearcher tools you can use, then show me the companies I am tracking.

Then put it to work: ask it to run one of the built-in diligence skills — valuation, earnings quality, owner assessment — against a company you're tracking.

Troubleshooting #

If the connector shows Not connected yet, the browser approval didn't finish — open the connector and sign in again. Approval is complete when SoloSearcher appears with its tools listed.

Connector list showing SoloSearcher before approval completes