Connect Claude Desktop - Haiven (2-Minute Setup)

1

Get Your API Key

Go to Settings in your Dashboard and generate an API key. You'll need this to authenticate Claude with Haiven.

Open Dashboard

💡 Copy your API key! It starts with haiven_live_ and you'll need it in Step 3.

2

Open Claude Desktop, go to Settings (Claude menu > Settings), then click "Developer" tab.

macOS

Windows

Config file location:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location:

%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

✅ Tip: You can also click "Edit Config" in Claude's Developer settings to open this file directly.

3

Copy this configuration and paste it into your claude_desktop_config.json file. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key from Step 1.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "haiven": { "url": "https://api.safehaiven.com/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" } } } }

⚠️ Important: Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual Haiven API key (starts with haiven_live_)

🔄 After saving: Restart Claude Desktop for changes to take effect

Test it in Claude:

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