On your computer
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP apps work with the desktop app.
Your AI appsNow available
Use ChatGPT, Claude and your own AI apps with KolHive.
The AI app you already use can work with your files in KolHive. Add KolHive once in ChatGPT, Claude.ai or their phone apps and it works from any device, even with KolHive closed. On your computer, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code and any app that supports MCP over HTTP work with the desktop app. You choose how much your AI app may do.
Free for macOS, Windows, Linux and the web. Start demo
From any device
ChatGPT and Claude.ai, with their phone apps.
You choose
Ask first or full control, set once for each app.
Plus or higher
Needed to connect AI apps. Transcription uses your credits, price shown first.
On your computer, today
In the KolHive desktop app, switch on AI apps and connect the one you use. It stays off until you do, and it reaches only the same computer.
Files and documents
Your AI app finds, opens, reads and edits your files, documents and spreadsheets.
Notes, calendar and video
It writes notes and to-dos, plans the calendar and cuts in the video editor.
Transcription and sharing
It transcribes a recording with your credits and shares a file with a link.
From ChatGPT and Claude.ai
Add KolHive once in ChatGPT, Claude.ai or their phone apps. These are the tools it offers.
Files and folders
List, open and read files and folders, make folders and get a download link.
Transcription
Start a transcription, check progress, then read or export the text. The price is shown before it starts.
Share links
Create, list and revoke share links for your files.
Not online yet
Documents, notes and calendar work from AI apps on your computer, not yet from ChatGPT or Claude.ai.
You stay in control
Nothing connects until you say so, and you can end it at any time.
You choose once
Ask first before it deletes, shares or spends, or full control. Spending has its own switch.
Price first
Transcription uses your own KOL credits. It shows the price first and does not start if your balance is short.
The AI company sees what its app reads
What your AI app reads goes to its AI company under that company’s terms, not ours. KolHive names the company before you connect.
End it any time
Each app is listed with what it did. Remove it and its access ends at once.
One short guide per app
In KolHive open ChatGPT & Claude in the menu and pick your app. It shows these same steps.
ChatGPT
Copy your address in KolHive. On chatgpt.com open Plugins, press + and add a custom server. Paste the address, sign in and press Allow. The phone app then uses it. What you can add depends on your ChatGPT plan.
Claude
Copy your address in KolHive. On claude.ai open Customize, Connectors, Add and add a custom connector. Paste the address, sign in and press Allow. The Claude phone apps then use it. All Claude plans can add a custom connector; Free allows one.
Cursor
On your computer. In KolHive pick Cursor and press Add to Cursor. Confirm in Cursor, sign in and press Allow.
VS Code
On your computer. In KolHive pick VS Code and press Add to VS Code. Confirm in VS Code, sign in and press Allow.
Claude Code
On your computer. In KolHive pick Claude Code, copy the one-line command and run it in your terminal. In Claude Code type /mcp, sign in and press Allow.
Codex
On your computer. In KolHive pick Codex, copy the one-line command and run it in your terminal, then sign in and press Allow.
Gemini CLI
On your computer. In KolHive pick Gemini CLI, copy the one-line command and run it in your terminal, then sign in and press Allow.
Other AI app
Any other AI app that can add a remote server: copy the address KolHive shows, add it in that app, sign in and press Allow.
What you can use today, and what is coming
Available now
- KolHive for macOS, Windows, and Linux, free, and in the browser at web.kolhive.com.
- ChatGPT and Claude.ai, with their phone apps: add KolHive with the address https://api-prod.kolwrite.com/mcp and sign in. Files, transcription and share links.
- AI apps on your computer: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code and other apps that support MCP over HTTP use the KolHive desktop app (Settings, AI, AI apps on this computer).
- A setup guide for each app in the developer docs.
Coming
- Documents, notes and calendar for online AI apps. For now they work from AI apps on your computer.
- KolHive for iPhone and iPad: in App Store review.
- KolHive for Android: coming to Google Play.
Connect in three steps
Add KolHive
In ChatGPT or Claude.ai, add a custom connector and paste https://api-prod.kolwrite.com/mcp. On your computer, switch on AI apps in KolHive settings.
Sign in and choose
Read which AI company receives what the app reads, choose ask first or full control, and approve once.
Ask your AI app
Say it in your own words: “Find last week’s interviews, transcribe the longest and send me a share link.”
Questions and answers
Can ChatGPT or Claude read my KolHive files?
Yes, if you allow it. In ChatGPT or Claude.ai add KolHive as a custom connector with the address https://api-prod.kolwrite.com/mcp, sign in and choose what it may do. It can then list and read your files, start a transcription and make share links, even with KolHive closed.
Does KolHive have an MCP server?
Yes, two. The desktop app can run an MCP server that only your computer can reach, off until you switch it on. For ChatGPT, Claude.ai and phones there is an online MCP server at https://api-prod.kolwrite.com/mcp, with sign-in.
Does KolWrite have an MCP server too?
The KolWrite desktop app has the same switch, for files, notes, calendar, transcripts and sharing. The developer docs explain it step by step.
Which AI apps work with KolHive?
ChatGPT and Claude.ai with their phone apps, through the online connector. On your computer: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code and any app that supports MCP over HTTP.
Is it safe?
Nothing connects until you approve, and each app is approved once. KolHive names the AI company first, because what your AI app reads goes to that company under its own terms. By default the app asks before it deletes, shares or spends. You can remove an app at any time.
Does it cost anything?
Connecting an AI app needs a Plus plan or higher, and your AI app has its own plan and price. Cloud transcription uses your own KOL credits: you see the price first, and nothing starts if your balance is short.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, through the ChatGPT or Claude phone app: add KolHive once and sign in. Phones cannot use the connection on your computer.
Do I need a paid ChatGPT or Claude plan?
KolHive itself needs Plus or higher. For Claude, all plans can add a custom connector and Free allows one. For ChatGPT, OpenAI decides which plans can add a custom server, so check ChatGPT’s help; we do not promise it on a free plan. State as of November 2026.
Keep exploring KolHive
- AI OSWhat an AI operating system is, and how KolHive works as one.
- AI that uses your appsAn assistant that opens files, edits documents and drives the video timeline.
- Any AIUse our cloud models, connect your own AI service, or run a model on your own computer.
- Private AIA model on your own computer, files kept local, apps that ask first.
- Developer guide: use KolHive and KolWrite from your AI app
Get KolHive.
Download it for your computer or open it in the browser. One free account for KolHive, KolChat and KolWrite.