Connect with Claude
Add Hilbana as a custom connector in claude.ai and operate your issues from Claude, on web and desktop.
You can connect Hilbana straight to Claude (claude.ai, web and desktop app) as a custom connector. From there, Claude drives your tracker with Hilbana’s tools: list and create issues, change states, comment, search, read project docs and memory.
Unlike an API key, here you manage no keys by hand: you sign in with your Hilbana account in the browser (OAuth) and grant permissions on an authorization screen. It’s the recommended flow for personal use from Claude.
Connect in claude.ai
- In claude.ai, open Customize → Connectors.
- Click the + button (top) → Add custom connector.
- Fill in:
- Name:
Hilbana. - Remote MCP server URL:
https://app.hilbana.com/mcp.
- Name:
- Click Add, then Connect.
- The Hilbana screen opens:
- If you already have a session in Hilbana in that browser, you go straight to permissions.
- Otherwise, sign in with your email and password.
- Pick the workspace and the permissions, and click Authorize.
You return to claude.ai with the connector connected and its tools ready.
Permissions
On the authorization screen you grant:
- Read issues and projects (
read): always included. - Create and edit issues and projects (
write): optional; check it if you want Claude to be able to change things, not just read them.
Authorization is always explicit: nothing is granted unless you click Authorize. Claude never sees your password — you type it on Hilbana’s screen, not in Claude.
Using it
Once connected, ask Claude in natural language, for example:
- “List my open issues in Hilbana.”
- “Create an issue in project X with this title and description.”
- “What’s on the roadmap for this cycle?”
By default Claude asks for your approval before using each tool; you can tune that per tool on the connector’s card.
Disconnect or revoke
From Customize → Connectors → Hilbana → Disconnect in claude.ai. Access is cut immediately; tokens expire and are revocable. You can reconnect any time by repeating the steps above.
Connector or API key
- Connector (OAuth) — to operate Hilbana from Claude yourself, keyless.
- API key — for agents and services or headless / CI setups,
where you paste a
Bearer hil_…with a fixed scope and read-only mode.
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