> Content index: https://quillly.com/docs/llms.txt > Canonical page: https://quillly.com/docs/connect-claude --- title: Connect Claude to Quillly with a Custom Connector description: Add Quillly to Claude as a custom connector: create a key on Connections, paste the connection URL, and Claude can write and publish for you. keywords: connect Claude, Claude custom connector published: 2026-09-24 updated: 2026-09-24 url: https://quillly.com/docs/connect-claude word_count: 1340 --- # Connect Claude > Add Quillly to Claude as a custom connector: create a key on Connections, paste the connection URL, and Claude can write and publish for you. Canonical: https://quillly.com/docs/connect-claude Published: 2026-09-24 Connect Claude to Quillly as a custom connector, and Claude can write, check and publish on your websites. You add it once, and it works in Claude on the web, in the desktop app and on mobile. **Before you start**, you need: - A Quillly account with at least one website. - A Claude account. Every Claude plan can add custom connectors, and the Free plan allows one ([Anthropic's guide to custom connectors](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp)). - On a Claude Team or Enterprise plan, follow **Claude Team and Enterprise** further down instead. ## Connect Claude in five steps ![The Quillly setup dialog on the Claude tab, with the Copy button for the connection URL highlighted](https://quillly.com/serve/v1/019c64a2-a62f-7793-aa68-2c78316d3309/images/3ad232cc7e77943b504e5bc5b048df483800c1b9.webp) ### 1. Create a connection in Quillly In Quillly, open **Connections**, click **Connect**, name the connection `Claude` and click **Create**. The setup dialog opens on the **Claude** tab. [Open Connections](https://quillly.com/dashboard/connections) ### 2. Copy the connection URL Click **Copy** next to **Connection URL**. The URL ends with your key, as in `https://quillly.com/api/mcp?key=qly_…`, and Quillly shows it only this once. Claude's connector form takes a URL and nothing else, so the key travels inside the URL. Treat the whole URL as a password. ### 3. Add the connector in Claude In Claude, open **Customize**, then **Connectors**. Click **+**, choose **Add custom connector**, paste the URL as the server URL (name it `Quillly` if Claude asks for a name) and click **Add**. Leave **Advanced settings** empty. Those fields are for OAuth, and the key in the URL already signs Claude in. ### 4. Turn Quillly on in a chat In a chat, click **+** at the bottom left, open **Connectors** and switch Quillly on. ### 5. Test the connection Send `List my Quillly websites`. Claude calls Quillly and lists your websites. On Quillly's **Connections** page, the connection now shows when it was last used. ![The Claude connection on Quillly's Connections page, showing when it was last used after the first test message](https://quillly.com/serve/v1/019c64a2-a62f-7793-aa68-2c78316d3309/images/64a367a6bacee6e7445624e9e232b9e24c3be06b.webp) ## Prompts to try next The setup dialog suggests these three. Replace `[TOPIC]` with your own subject: - "Using Quillly, list my websites and show me what tools you have access to. Then suggest 3 blog ideas for my first website based on what it's about." - "Using Quillly, list my websites and pick the first one. Write a 1200-word blog post about [TOPIC] for that website, check the SEO score, apply any patches you can, and save it as a draft." - "Using Quillly, list my published blogs on my first website, check the SEO score of the top 5, and show me which ones need improvement." When Claude publishes, Quillly checks the post first. A post below your website's minimum SEO score, 85 unless you change it, stays a draft unless you tell Claude to publish it anyway. ## Claude Team and Enterprise On Claude Team and Enterprise plans, an owner adds custom connectors for the whole organization, under **Organization settings** → **Connectors**. Everyone in that Claude organization then uses the same connector URL. > [!WARNING] > Never put your Quillly key in a connector your Claude organization shares. Everyone in the organization would act as you, on your websites. This is the one case where OAuth, the alternative to a key, is the right choice: - The owner adds the connector with the plain URL, `https://quillly.com/api/mcp`, with no key in it. - Each member opens **Customize** → **Connectors**, finds Quillly and clicks **Connect**. - Quillly asks them to sign in, then shows **Authorize** with the app's name and what it may do. They click **Allow access**. Each member's connection then appears on their own **Connections** page with an **OAuth** badge. It gets every tool on their plan, and they can revoke it there. ## If Claude does not connect - **Claude shows an error when it connects or calls a tool.** The key in the URL no longer works, usually because it was rotated or revoked. Get a new key on **Connections**, then remove the connector in Claude and add it again with the new URL. - **Quillly's tools are missing from a chat.** Switch Quillly on for that chat in **+** → **Connectors**. - **Claude says a tool is switched off for this connection.** Open the connection on **Connections** and turn the tool back on under **Enabled tools**. - **Claude reports a daily limit.** Your plan's calls for the day are used up. The message gives the reset time, midnight UTC. ## Common questions ### Does the connector work in the Claude desktop and mobile apps? Yes. A Claude custom connector belongs to your Claude account, so after you add it once, it is there in Claude on the web, in Claude Desktop and in the Claude mobile apps. ### Does Quillly see my Claude account? No. Claude sends Quillly only the tool calls it makes, signed with your Quillly key. Quillly never sees your Claude login, and Claude sees only the Quillly tools your key allows. ### Can I stop Claude from deleting posts? Yes. On **Connections**, open the Claude connection and switch off **Delete Content** under **Enabled tools**. Claude can still draft, edit and publish, but it can no longer delete a post for good. ## Related - [Connect your AI](https://quillly.com/docs/connect-your-ai): how the connection works and the apps you can use. - [Getting started with Quillly](https://quillly.com/docs/getting-started): set up your site and publish your first post. - [Plans, trial and limits](https://quillly.com/docs/plans): calls a day and keys for each plan. - [Your first session](https://quillly.com/docs/first-session): what to ask Claude once it is connected.