Connecting Your IDE
Add the Clevername MCP gateway URL to your IDE, sign in through the browser, and start using your tools.
IDE Gateway
The Clevername IDE Gateway is a single HTTP endpoint that any MCP-compatible client can connect to. It gives your IDE access to all your configured MCP tools, provider keys, and governance policies — the same ones you use in the browser. One endpoint, every tool.
Browser login by default
Modern MCP clients should connect to Clevername with OAuth. Add the gateway URL, approve the browser prompt, and your client keeps a refreshable login session automatically.
Supported clients
- Claude Code (Anthropic CLI)
- VS Code with the MCP extension
- Cursor
- Any client that supports the MCP HTTP transport
Add the Clevername gateway URL
Use this MCP server URL in your IDE:
https://clevername.net/api/hub/mcp/gateway
Configure Claude Code
The quickest way is one command in your terminal:
claude mcp add --transport http clevername-mcp https://clevername.net/api/hub/mcp/gateway
Then run /mcp inside Claude Code. The first connection opens a browser window so you can sign in. To check the server into a project instead, add it to a .mcp.json file at the repo root:
{
"mcpServers": {
"clevername-mcp": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://clevername.net/api/hub/mcp/gateway"
}
}
}mcpServers from ~/.claude/settings.json. Use claude mcp add, or a project .mcp.json.Configure VS Code
Create .vscode/mcp.json in your project and add the server:
{
"servers": {
"clevername-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://clevername.net/api/hub/mcp/gateway"
}
}
}Then run MCP: List Servers from the Command Palette to confirm the connection.
Configure Cursor
Add the server to ~/.cursor/mcp.json, then open Settings → MCP to confirm it connected:
{
"mcpServers": {
"clevername-mcp": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://clevername.net/api/hub/mcp/gateway"
}
}
}Use a fallback token only if needed
If your IDE supports MCP OAuth, you are done after browser sign-in. If it does not, create a gateway token in the dashboard and add Authorization: Bearer cnk_... manually.