Every connector in Claude Desktop holds a login. Route them through one you can see and revoke.

Add AgentValet to Claude Desktop as a custom connector. You approve it in your browser, so there’s no key to paste or keep. Every platform call the app makes then runs through your grants, waits for you when it’s risky, and lands in the audit log.

Livelast reviewed 24 September 2026

Add a custom connector, approve in the browser

Nothing to install. You need an AgentValet account, which is free.

  1. Get your server URL. In the dashboard, open Agents and click Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot…. Or build it from your owner id under Settings, Account.

    Your MCP server URL
    https://api.agentvalet.ai/mcp/v1/<owner-id>

  2. In Claude Desktop, open Settings, Connectors and choose Add custom connector. Paste the URL and leave the OAuth client id and secret empty.

  3. Sign in to AgentValet in the window that opens and click Approve. AgentValet creates a new agent for this connection, with nothing granted.

  4. Grant that agent its platforms in the dashboard. Claude can now call them through AgentValet.

Use a local key instead of OAuth

If Claude Desktop is installed, the register command adds an agentvalet entry to its config file, alongside any other host it finds. The key stays in a file on this machine.

  1. Run the register command, then restart Claude Desktop.

    Terminal
    npx @agentvalet/register

  2. The entry goes in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows.

What’s governed here

Nothing is allowed until you grant it. This is a typical first grant for Claude Desktop; you decide every row, and you can change it without touching the agent.

Example grant for Claude Desktop. Platforms and actions are illustrative.
What the agent triesPlatformDecision
Read your inboxMicrosoft OutlookAllowed within grant
Create a documentGoogle DocsAllowed within grant
Send an emailGmailAsks you
Delete a fileGoogle DriveNot granted

Claude Desktop guide in the docsThe longer walkthrough, kept with the product docs.

All integrations or the platforms your agents can reach

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