Claude can search, read, create, edit and organize the documents in your md-edit library from any conversation.
Share documents with other people and their Claude can read them too, so you can hand over context without copying and pasting.
You connect once: sign in to md-edit and approve access. Claude never sees your login details.
Claude sees your documents in MD-Edit Cloud and the documents other people share with you. Documents kept only in your browser, or synced to Google Drive, stay out of its reach.
Reading, searching and creating documents is free. Editing, deleting, managing folders and version history need a Pro plan.
You can disconnect at any time under Customize > Connectors in Claude.
Before you start
An md-edit account with MD-Edit Cloud sync. A free account works. Sign in at md-edit.com and choose MD-Edit Cloud as your sync option.
A Claude account. Any Claude plan works. On Team and Enterprise plans, an organization Owner adds MD-Edit first, and then each member connects their own md-edit account.
Connect md-edit
From Claude's connector directory
In Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors.
Select Discover and search for MD-Edit.
Open the MD-Edit listing and select Connect to Claude. md-edit's sign-in page opens: in the same tab on claude.ai, or in your browser if you use the desktop app.
Sign in with the account you use on md-edit, then click Allow access. Back in Claude, MD-Edit is listed under Your connectors as Connected.
As a custom connector
If MD-Edit doesn't show up in the directory, or you'd rather add it by URL:
In Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, and choose Add custom connector (it may sit behind a + button).
Enter MD-Edit as the name and https://api.md-edit.com/functions/v1/mcp as the URL. If the dialog offers more options, choose Sign in now and Register automatically, and leave the client ID and secret empty. Then click Add.
If md-edit's sign-in page doesn't open on its own, select MD-Edit under Your connectors and click Connect.
Sign in with the account you use on md-edit, then click Allow access.
Claude's free plan allows one custom connector. Paid plans have no limit.
In Claude Code
Connectors you add in Claude also work in Claude Code when you sign in with the same Claude account. To add md-edit to Claude Code by itself, run:
claude mcp add --transport http md-edit https://api.md-edit.com/functions/v1/mcp
Then type /mcp in Claude Code, choose md-edit, and sign in.
Setup guide in the app
Already signed in to md-edit? The Claude setup guide inside the app walks you through the same steps and can also add an md-edit skill to Claude, which teaches it md-edit's conventions, such as linking one document to another.
Things to try
Ask in plain language. For example:
"List my md-edit documents."
"Find my notes about [topic] in md-edit and summarize them."
"Save this analysis to md-edit."
"Create a folder called Projects and move my project docs into it."
"Show the version history of my doc about [topic]."
"Save a brief of this project to md-edit and share it with sam@example.com."
"Find the project brief in my md-edit library and catch me up."
Share context with other people
md-edit lets you hand context from your Claude to someone else's. Put what they need in documents, such as a project brief, research notes or the decisions made so far, and share them. Their Claude reads the documents through their own md-edit connection, so you both work from the same context without pasting it back and forth.
Save it. Ask Claude to write up the context and save it to md-edit, or use documents you already have.
Share it. Ask Claude to share each document with the other person's email address, or use the share button in md-edit. They get an email invitation.
They pick it up. Once they're signed in to md-edit with that email address (the invitation link takes them there), the documents are in their library, marked as shared with them. Their Claude can find and read them like any of their own documents.
Share once, keep it current. Sharing gives access to the document itself, not a copy. When you or your Claude update it, their Claude reads the new version next time.
View or edit. View-only recipients can read a document but not change it. If they ask their Claude to change one, Claude says so and offers to save the changes as a new document in their own library instead. With edit access, a recipient can edit it in md-edit, and if their account is on Pro, their Claude can edit it too. The version check described under How your documents stay safe applies to shared documents as well.
Plans. On the free plan you can share view-only, with up to 5 active shares at a time. Pro adds edit access and unlimited sharing.
You decide who has access. Ask Claude who a document is shared with or to stop sharing it with someone, or use the share button in md-edit. Removing access takes effect straight away.
What Claude can do
The connector gives Claude fifteen tools. Founder and Team plans include everything in Pro.
Tool
What it does
Plan
List documents
Lists your documents, newest first. Can narrow by folder or title.
Free
Get document
Reads one document, either in full or as an outline of its headings.
Free
Search documents
Finds documents by keyword in their titles and content.
Free
List folders
Lists your folders and how many documents each one holds.
Free
Create document
Saves a new document to your library.
Free
List shares
Shows who a document is shared with and at what permission.
Free
Share document
Invites someone by email. Free accounts can share view-only, up to 5 active shares. Edit access needs Pro.
Free
Revoke share
Removes someone's access to a document.
Free
Edit document
Changes part of a document by replacing exact text.
Pro
Update document
Replaces a document's title or its entire content.
Pro
Delete document
Moves a document to the trash, where you can restore it for 180 days.
Pro
Create folder
Adds a folder to your library.
Pro
Move document
Moves a document into a folder, or out of one.
Pro
List versions
Shows a document's version history.
Pro
Restore version
Brings back an earlier version of a document.
Pro
How your documents stay safe
You choose what needs approval. Under Customize > Connectors, select MD-Edit and set each tool to Always allow, Needs approval or Blocked.
No silent overwrites. When Claude edits, it sends the version of the document it last read. If the document changed since then (say you were typing in it), md-edit refuses the edit and Claude re-reads before trying again.
Mistakes can be undone. Version history keeps earlier versions you can restore, and deleted documents wait in the trash for 180 days.
Privacy
Claude reaches your library with an access token that md-edit issues when you click Allow access. It can only act on your own account.
md-edit stores four things about the connection itself: the platform name, an anonymous client ID, when you connected, and a usage count.
When you share a document, the people you share it with can read it, and so can their Claude through their own md-edit connection. With edit access, they can also change it.
Anything Claude reads from md-edit becomes part of your Claude conversation, which Anthropic handles under its own privacy policy. Our Privacy Policy has the full details for md-edit.
Disconnect
In Claude, go to Customize > Connectors, select MD-Edit and click Disconnect. This signs Claude out of md-edit straight away, and your documents stay exactly where they are. To take MD-Edit off your list entirely, open its three-dot menu and choose Remove.
Troubleshooting
Claude can't find a document
Check that the document is synced to MD-Edit Cloud. Claude can't see documents kept only in your browser or synced to Google Drive. If someone shared it with you, check that they used the email address of your md-edit account.
Claude can't edit a shared document
The document is shared with you view-only, or your md-edit account is on the free plan. For a view-only document, Claude offers to save your changes as a new document in your own library; it won't update when the owner changes the original. With edit access on the free plan you can still edit it in md-edit itself; editing through Claude needs Pro. Only the owner can delete a shared document or move it between folders.
Claude says a tool needs a Pro plan
That tool is part of Pro. Reading, searching and creating documents work on the free plan.
Claude reports a conflict
The document changed after Claude read it, usually because you were editing it at the same moment. Nothing was overwritten. Claude re-reads the document and applies its change on top of yours.
MD-Edit shows Connect or Reconnect
Claude isn't signed in to md-edit, or its sign-in expired. Under Customize > Connectors, select MD-Edit, click Connect or Reconnect, and sign in with the same account you use on md-edit.