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Connect Claude Code to Answer Cloud using the official repository plugin or manual MCP setup, complete browser OAuth, and verify the intended organization and site.

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Connect Claude Code

Connect Claude Code to Answer Cloud using the official repository plugin or manual MCP setup, complete browser OAuth, and verify the intended organization and site.

Reviewed November 1, 2026

Use Claude Code when you want an assistant that can work in your source project, build a static site, and manage Answer Cloud through MCP. For a brand-new starter website, you can begin with [the launch prompt](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/first-website/) before installing the plugin.

## Install the official plugin

In a current Claude Code session, run:

```
/plugin install answercloud --marketplace answer-cloud/answer.cloud-Plugins
```

The single-command form requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later according to the Answer Cloud repository instructions. For an older client that supports repository marketplaces, use:

```
/plugin marketplace add answer-cloud/answer.cloud-Plugins
/plugin install answercloud@answercloud
```

The package includes the Answer Cloud skills and an HTTP MCP server named `answercloud`. Start a new session if your client needs one to load the installation.

## Complete browser sign-in

On the first authenticated tool request, let Claude Code open the browser authorization flow. Sign in to Answer Cloud and select the organization you intend to manage. Never paste your password, email verification code, or account claim link into the conversation.

If sign-in does not start, open Claude Code's MCP connection controls, locate `answercloud`, and reconnect it. Keep the configured URL as `https://app.answer.cloud/mcp` and remove any manually added static authorization header from a personal OAuth connection.

If you are continuing a guest launch, finish [account setup](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/account-setup/) first. The guest build token cannot be used as a permanent account connection.

## Manual connection without the plugin

If you only need MCP tools, Claude Code supports a manual HTTP server connection:

```
claude mcp add --transport http answercloud https://app.answer.cloud/mcp
```

Complete the client's browser OAuth flow for that server. Prefer one working connection over several duplicate server entries with unclear access. Claude Code's [MCP documentation](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp) describes its current remote-server and authentication controls.

## Verify before changing anything

Ask:

```
Use the Answer Cloud connection to list organizations. Let me choose if there is more than one. Then list sites for that organization and confirm the public URL and site slug. Do not deploy or publish content.
```

A successful browser callback alone is not the final check. The agent should make an authenticated tool call and find the intended site. If it sees another organization or cannot find the site, reconnect with the correct account rather than creating a replacement.

Once verified, open the editable Astro project and follow the [hosted update workflow](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/hosting/agent-workflow/) or [existing website companion workflow](https://www.answer.cloud/docs/getting-started/existing-website/).