# 🔧 Connecting Your AI to Taskr

## 2.6 Setting Up Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop is Anthropic's full-featured AI app. It connects to Taskr as a **custom connector**—no files to edit, no Node.js to install. You get a powerful way to plan, manage, and even build projects through conversation.

### What Makes Claude Desktop Great for Taskr

- **Full coding power** — Claude Desktop can read and write files, run terminal commands, and build entire projects. It's a capable coding tool on its own, not just a chat window.
- **Chat-first workflow** — Perfect if you prefer conversing with AI over navigating IDE menus and panels
- **Plan + execute** — Use it to plan your project in Taskr, then have Claude execute the work—all in one place
- **Works alongside IDEs** — You can also use Claude Desktop for planning while your IDE agent (Cursor, Windsurf) handles execution

### Step 1: Install Claude Desktop

1. Download [Claude Desktop](https://claude.ai/download) and install it
2. That's it—no Node.js, no config file. Taskr connects over the web.

### Step 2: Add the Taskr Connector

1. Open Claude Desktop
2. Go to **Settings** → **Connectors**
3. Click **"Add custom connector"**
4. Fill in:
   - **Name:** `Taskr`
   - **Remote MCP server URL:** `https://www.taskr.one/api/mcp`
5. Click **Add**

### Step 3: Sign In

1. Back on the Connectors screen, click **Connect** next to Taskr
2. A browser window opens—**sign in with your Taskr account and approve** the connection
3. Claude Desktop shows Taskr as connected ✅

### How to Use It

Once connected, just chat naturally:

- **"Create a task list for building a landing page"** — Claude uses Taskr to organize the work
- **"Switch to my Marketing project, then get the next task"** — Claude picks the project and starts working
- **"What's left to do?"** — Check progress anytime through conversation

Claude Desktop handles both the planning and execution sides of Taskr. You tell it what to build, it creates the tasks, works through them, and documents everything along the way.

> **Picking a project:** Claude Desktop doesn't have a workspace folder, so it relies on Taskr's built-in `project` tool. Just ask Claude to list or switch projects—no config edits needed.

> **Don't see "Add custom connector"?** Custom connectors are available on Claude's Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans. Make sure Claude Desktop is up to date.

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