# How do I add CryptoBud MCP to Claude and Grok?

Long press the box tab → **Manage access** → **Share access**. Copy **Hostname** (`yourname.bud.trading`) and the new **Relay password**. Pick **demo** (paper) or **live** (this box's live venue). Anyone with the hostname and a **Take actions** password can trade as you. [How do I create a relay password? →](/help/how-do-i-create-a-relay-password). [Terms of Use →](/terms)

Grok, Grok Bot, ChatGPT, and Claude Desktop only have a URL box. They cannot take the password as a separate field. Paste host, password, and mode on [cryptobud.app/mcp](/mcp).

Grok, Grok Bot, and ChatGPT: click that client, then **Copy**. Paste that URL.

Claude Desktop: click **Claude Desktop**. Name and URL fill in. Check them, then **Continue**.

Cursor: click **Add to Cursor**.

VS Code, Claude Code, and Codex: click that client, then **Copy**.

Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, and Codex take the address and the password separately. Use:

```text
https://yourname.bud.trading/mcp?mode=demo
```

Swap `yourname` and `demo` / `live`. Put the relay password in the auth field those apps give you.

### How to add CryptoBud MCP to Grok

Same Grok connectors page for Grok and Grok Bot.

1. Open [grok.com/connectors](https://grok.com/connectors)
2. **New Connector**, then **Custom**
3. **Name:** CryptoBud
4. **Server URL:** paste the Copied URL
5. Save

Turn **CryptoBud** on in that Grok or Grok Bot chat. Add it once. Use it in both.

### How to add CryptoBud MCP to Claude Desktop

Same kind of form as Grok: **Name** and **URL** only. No headers. The difference is 1-click actually fills the form.

1. Click **Claude Desktop** on the setup page
2. Claude opens **Add custom connector**. Name is CryptoBud. URL is already filled. A warning that an external link suggested this is normal
3. Check Name and URL, then **Continue**
4. **Add** or **Connect** if it asks
5. In a chat, tap **+** → **Connectors** and enable CryptoBud

Adding by hand: [claude.ai/customize/connectors](https://claude.ai/customize/connectors), or in the app **Customize** → **Connectors**.

1. Add a **custom connector**.
2. **Name:** CryptoBud. Or whatever you want.
3. **URL:** paste the Copied URL.
4. **Continue**.

On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner adds the connector first. Then you Connect.

### How to add CryptoBud MCP to ChatGPT

ChatGPT MCP is a **plugin**. It stays hidden until Development mode is on.

1. **Settings** → **Security & login** → turn on **Development mode**
2. Open [chatgpt.com/plugins](https://chatgpt.com/plugins). No plus button means Development mode is off
3. Click **plus**
4. **Name:** CryptoBud
5. **Connection URL:** paste the Copied URL. Do not pick Tunnel
6. **Authentication:** **No Auth**
7. Create, wait for the scan, confirm you see `bud`
8. Start a **new** chat and turn the plugin on from the plus / tools menu

### How to add CryptoBud MCP to Cursor

In Cursor: **Customize** → **MCPs**, or put this in `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (your current project). Swap the host, mode, and password.

```json
{
	"mcpServers": {
		"cryptobud": {
			"url": "https://yourname.bud.trading/mcp?mode=demo",
			"headers": {
				"Authorization": "Bearer RELAY_PASSWORD"
			}
		}
	}
}
```

Refresh MCP in Cursor settings. Do not commit the password.

### How to add CryptoBud MCP to VS Code

Command palette: **MCP: Add Server**, or **MCP: Open User Configuration**. Workspace file is `.vscode/mcp.json`. VS Code uses `servers`, not Cursor’s `mcpServers`.

```json
{
	"servers": {
		"cryptobud": {
			"type": "http",
			"url": "https://yourname.bud.trading/mcp?mode=demo",
			"headers": {
				"Authorization": "Bearer RELAY_PASSWORD"
			}
		}
	}
}
```

### How to add CryptoBud MCP to Claude Code

In a terminal:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user cryptobud https://yourname.bud.trading/mcp?mode=demo --header 'Authorization: Bearer RELAY_PASSWORD'
```

Check with `claude mcp list`. In a session, `/mcp` shows if it is on.

### How to add CryptoBud MCP to Codex

Codex reads the password from your terminal. Set it, then add:

```bash
export CRYPTOBUD_RELAY_PASSWORD='RELAY_PASSWORD'
codex mcp add cryptobud --url 'https://yourname.bud.trading/mcp?mode=demo' --bearer-token-env-var CRYPTOBUD_RELAY_PASSWORD
```

Launch Codex from that same terminal.

### After you add it

Ask how the bot is doing, or ask for a report. One tool: **bud**.

[What Bud Intelligence can do →](/help/what-can-bud-intelligence-do)

Turn CryptoBud on in that chat. Saved is not the same as on.

- No plus in ChatGPT: Development mode is off.
- Grok, ChatGPT, or a hand-added Claude connector fails: you typed a URL instead of Copy.
- Claude Desktop 1-click fail: close the form and click **Claude Desktop** again.
- Cursor / VS Code / Claude Code / Codex fail: wrong password, or you dropped the word `Bearer`.
- Codex fail: the password was not set in that terminal.

### Does CryptoBud MCP use my context window?

**You can leave it on.** It will not eat the chat.

Other MCP servers dump a long list of tools into every message. That is what fills a context window. CryptoBud is one tool: `bud`. A few words of setup, then silence until you ask.

When you ask how the bot is doing, the box sends a short answer. Your whole book is not pasted in. MCP tokens barely move. Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and Cursor keep room for the conversation.

Ask for a report, a forecast, or a change. Same pattern. Short in, short out.

### Grok Bot plus X cashtags

Grok Bot has a remote computer. Sign into X there. Grok Bot takes control and reads `$ETH` and your other pairs. On X, that `$ticker` search is a cashtag. [How do I use Grok Bot with X cashtags? →](/help/how-do-i-use-grok-bot-with-x-cashtags)