> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.atlaso.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Claude.ai & GUI apps

> Adding Atlaso as a custom connector — and why GUI clients work differently from CLI tools.

GUI chat apps connect to Atlaso through a remote connector (MCP) instead of
the plugins the CLI tools use. Same account, same memory — but a different
way of working.

## Adding the connector

Anywhere you see "custom connectors" (Claude Desktop and claude.ai support
this), the recipe is the same:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open connector settings">
    In Claude Desktop: **Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector**. On
    claude.ai: **Settings → Connectors**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name and URL">
    Name: `Atlaso` · URL: `https://mcp.atlaso.ai/mcp`
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authorize">
    Click **Add → Connect** — a browser window opens on Atlaso's
    authorization page; click **Authorize**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

ChatGPT connector support is coming — the same URL pattern will apply when
it ships.

## What you get

The connector gives the model a set of memory tools on your account: save a
memory, recall memories, list recent ones, forget one. Anything it saves or
recalls is the **same memory** your CLI tools and dashboard see.

## The important difference from CLI tools

<Warning>
  In GUI apps there is **no automatic loop**: nothing is captured or recalled
  unless the model decides to call a memory tool. That's a platform
  constraint of connectors, not an Atlaso setting.
</Warning>

In practice:

* The model often checks memory on its own when it's clearly relevant — but
  not reliably every message.
* You can always steer it: *"check my Atlaso memory first"* or *"remember
  this."*
* For the fully automatic experience — recall before every prompt, capture
  after every turn — use one of the [CLI/IDE tools](/setup).

## One account, one memory

A memory you save from Claude Desktop is there when Claude Code recalls on
your next prompt, and vice versa — subject to the Free plan's
[one-active-tool rule](/account/one-active-tool).