Getting Started with claude.ai

The easiest way to use xhostd. No install, no terminal, no token to paste. Everything happens in your browser.

Your console. Once you sign in, your dashboard lives at console.xhostd.com — apps, tokens, custom domains, and account settings. You'll also see it in the docs sidebar.

Add the xhostd connector to claude.ai

In claude.ai, open Settings → Connectors and click Add custom connector. Paste this URL:

Connector URL

https://mcp.xhostd.com/mcp/

Click Connect. claude.ai opens an xhostd sign-in page — sign in with your xhostd password, or continue with Google. If you're new to xhostd, you pick a username along the way; it becomes part of your project URLs (for example, my-site-yourname.xhostd.app).

No xhostd account and no Google account? Choose Create an account on that page. xhostd mails you a confirmation link, you set your username and password in the browser, and then you click Connect again to finish connecting — the connector does not wait for the mail.

Tell Claude what to build

Start a new chat in claude.ai. Make sure the xhostd connector is enabled for the chat, then describe what you want and ask Claude to deploy it to xhostd.

Example prompt

Build a landing page for my coffee shop called "Bean There".
Deploy it to xhostd.

Claude will create the site, push the code, and deploy it. When it's done you'll get a live URL like https://bean-there-alice.xhostd.app.

Other things you can ask for:

"Build me a portfolio site with my projects"
"Create a REST API for my mobile app"
"Make a multiplayer game I can share with friends"
"Set up a webhook handler for my Slack bot"
"Build a small CRUD app with logins"

Make changes

Want to update your project? Just tell Claude what to change in the same chat (or a new one — the connector remembers your projects). Claude will update the code and redeploy automatically.

You can also share a preview link before going live — ask Claude to "deploy a preview" and it will create a separate URL you can share for feedback.

Every project that runs code gets a database wired in automatically — your app reads DATABASE_URL and Claude takes care of the rest. A static site gets no database, because it queries nothing. The API reference covers database reset and SQL dump if you ever need them.

For developers

Want to use the API directly? xhostd is fully API-driven. See the API Reference for curl examples, endpoint documentation, and the OpenAPI spec.