Use ByDesign with Claude

Connect your ByDesign workspace to Claude, then ask about your schedule, create tasks, reschedule your week or pull up a note, all without opening ByDesign. It works on claude.ai, in the Claude desktop app and in Claude Code, through ByDesign’s MCP server, which comes with every plan.

Updated November 5, 2026.

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What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard that lets AI assistants connect to apps and work with your actual data.

Connecting ByDesign means Claude can see your real tasks, events, habits and pages, and make changes for you. It isn’t a copy of your data sitting somewhere else: it reads and writes to your live workspace.

Everything stays behind your ByDesign login. You authorize the connection once, and you can disconnect it any time.

Everything Claude can do in ByDesign

Once you’re connected, ask in plain words. Here’s what Claude can work with, and something to try for each.

Your schedule

See what’s on for today, tomorrow or any date
Look across a range of days, weeks or months
Check what’s overdue
Pull up the full details of any task, event or habit

Try“What did I miss last week?”

Tasks

Create one task or several at once
Add tasks straight to your inbox
Add subtasks
Reschedule, update, complete or delete tasks
Move tasks between pages, folders or the inbox
Search across your whole workspace
Find and merge duplicates

Try“Move everything unfinished to next week.”

Events

Create events with guests, recurrence and reminders
Reschedule or update any detail
RSVP to invitations
Delete events and cancel them for guests

Try“Make my Monday team meeting weekly and remind me 10 minutes before.”

Habits

Create habits with recurrence
Log them as done, skipped or undone
Update the schedule or timing
See which ones are on track

Try“Which of my habits are on track this week?”

Pages and notes

Read any page in full, including its tasks
Create new pages
Add content or tasks to an existing page
Update or delete pages
Organise pages into folders
Share a page with someone in your workspace

Try“Read my Q4 plan page and add the next steps as tasks.”

Reminders

Add reminders to any task, event or habit
See which reminders are already set
Remove them

Try“What reminders do I have set for tomorrow?”

Calendars

See which calendars are connected
Read events from Google, Apple or Outlook
Push a ByDesign event, task or habit to a connected calendar

Try“Add my Friday review task to my Google Calendar.”

Workspace overview

Get a health check across your whole workspace
See every project and page with its current state
Check your scheduling preferences and timezone

Try“Give me a health check of my workspace.”

ByDesign and your other Claude connectors

If Claude is also connected to your other tools, you can move information between them and ByDesign without copying anything by hand. For example:

From a Slack thread
“Read the thread in #product from this morning and add anything I agreed to as tasks for this week.”
Useful after a standup or a decision thread where things got assigned to you.
From an email
“Find the email from the accountant about the filing deadline and add the steps as tasks with the right dates.”
Works well for deadlines buried in a paragraph, like renewals, invoices or bookings.
From a document
“Open the Q4 roadmap doc and create a page in ByDesign with the milestones as tasks.”
Turns a brief or a spec in Google Drive or Notion into a schedule.
Across your calendars
“Look at my calendar next week and tell me where I could fit three hours of focused work.”
Your connected calendars are already visible to ByDesign; one conversation can reason across both.
The other way round
“Check my overdue tasks and write me an email to the client explaining the new timeline.”
Your ByDesign plan can feed an update in Slack or an email.

How to connect ByDesign to Claude

ByDesign is in Claude’s connector directory, so on claude.ai and in the Claude desktop app you connect it from a search. In Claude Code, you add it with a terminal command.

ByDesign MCP server URL

https://mcp.bydesign.io/mcp

On claude.ai or in the Claude desktop app

Step 1: Open Customize
On claude.ai or in the Claude desktop app, click Customize in the sidebar.
Step 2: Search for ByDesign
Open the Connectors tab, search for ByDesign and click it in the results.
Step 3: Connect to Claude
On ByDesign’s connector page, click Connect to Claude.
Step 4: Authorize in ByDesign
ByDesign’s page opens. Sign in if you’re asked, check what the connection will let Claude do, and click Authorize.
Step 5: Check it’s on and use it
In a new chat, click + in the message box and open Connectors. Check that ByDesign is switched on, then ask away, for example “What’s on my plate today?”

Claude Code

Step 1: Add the ByDesign server
In your terminal, run:
claude mcp add --transport http ByDesign https://mcp.bydesign.io/mcp
Step 2: Log in to ByDesign
When that finishes, run the command below. Your browser opens automatically: sign in to your ByDesign account and click Authorize.
claude mcp login ByDesign
Step 3: Restart your terminal
Close the terminal completely and open a new window.
Step 4: Start Claude Code
Start Claude, and the ByDesign tools are ready:
claude

Good to know

It reads and writes. Claude can make real changes to your workspace, not just read it. Deleting a page or an event is permanent, so be clear about what you’re asking for.
It uses your real settings. Your work hours, calendar blocks and scheduling preferences all apply: if you’ve told ByDesign not to schedule before 9 am, that’s respected here too.
Your connected calendars are included. If you’ve synced Google, Apple or Outlook, those events are visible when it works out your availability.
Everything stays behind your ByDesign login. You authorize the connection once, in your browser, and you can disconnect any time by removing ByDesign from Claude.
MCP comes with every ByDesign plan, from Pro at $8 a month. Each plan includes a monthly allowance of MCP requests, counted separately from ByDesign’s AI credits, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with no credit card.

Claude or ByDesign’s own AI?

ByDesign also has a built-in AI assistant. The two work side by side: connect Claude on any plan, and add ByDesign’s own AI planning if you want it.

Claude, connected through MCP

Works on every ByDesign plan, including Pro at $8 a month, which has no built-in AI.
Use the assistant you already use, alongside the other tools you’ve connected to Claude.
Reads and updates your tasks, events, habits, pages and reminders, and reads your synced calendars.

ByDesign’s own AI (AI plan)

Comes with the AI plan, $15 a month or $119 a year, with 500 AI credits a month.
Turns a goal into tasks, subtasks, courses and deadlines on your calendar.
Schedules around your hours and shows every change on the calendar before it’s saved; includes the year-to-day planning canvas and voice control.

Troubleshooting

Claude doesn’t see ByDesign after setup: Click + in the message box, open Connectors and check that ByDesign is switched on. If it isn’t listed in the Claude desktop app, quit the app fully and open it again: a window refresh isn’t enough. In Claude Code, open a new terminal window and start Claude again.
The authorization page didn’t open: Check that pop-ups aren’t blocked in your browser, then try adding ByDesign again.
It can’t find something you know exists: Name it more specifically: “my Portugal trip page” works better than “that trip thing”.
Still stuck?: Reach out through the chat inside ByDesign and the team will help you sort it.

Use another AI assistant?

ByDesign’s MCP server works the same way with ChatGPT and with Gemini.

Use ByDesign with ChatGPT →Use ByDesign with Gemini →

Claude and ByDesign questions

Does ByDesign work with Claude?

Yes. ByDesign is in Claude’s connector directory, so on claude.ai and in the Claude desktop app you can connect it from a search, and Claude Code connects to ByDesign’s MCP server at https://mcp.bydesign.io/mcp. Once connected, you can ask about your schedule, create tasks, reschedule your week or pull up a note without opening ByDesign.

What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard that lets AI assistants connect to apps and work with your actual data. ByDesign has its own MCP server, so Claude can work with your real tasks, events, habits and pages.

How do I add ByDesign to Claude?

Click Customize in Claude’s sidebar, open the Connectors tab and search for ByDesign. Open it and click Connect to Claude, then sign in to ByDesign if you’re asked and click Authorize. It’s the same on claude.ai and in the Claude desktop app.

Does it work with Claude Code?

Yes. Run claude mcp add --transport http ByDesign https://mcp.bydesign.io/mcp, then claude mcp login ByDesign to sign in, and start Claude in a new terminal window.

Which ByDesign plan do I need?

Any of them. MCP comes with Pro, AI and AI Plus, from $8 a month, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with no credit card.

Do I need ByDesign’s AI plan to use Claude with it?

No. The MCP connection comes with every plan, including Pro, which has no built-in AI. The AI plan adds ByDesign’s own assistant, which turns goals into scheduled plans and previews every change.

Can Claude change or delete things in ByDesign?

Yes, it reads and writes. When you ask, it can create, update, complete or delete tasks, create, update or delete events and pages, and create and log habits. Deleting a page or an event is permanent, so be clear about what you’re asking for.

Does it work with my live data?

Yes. It reads and writes to your live ByDesign workspace, not a copy of your data sitting somewhere else, and everything stays behind your ByDesign login.

How do I disconnect ByDesign from Claude?

Remove the ByDesign connector from Claude any time. In Claude Code, claude mcp logout ByDesign clears the sign-in and claude mcp remove ByDesign removes the server.

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