Quickstart

Connect Hive to your AI client and get a live, sourced answer in about two minutes.

You do not need an account to try Hive. Add the endpoint, ask a question, read the receipt.

Step 1: Add the endpoint

Pick your client. Every option below points at the same URL:

https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http hive https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp

Cursor

Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hive": {
      "url": "https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Create .vscode/mcp.json in your project root. Requires VS Code 1.102 or newer.

{
  "servers": {
    "hive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Open Settings > Connectors, add a custom connector, and paste the endpoint URL. Claude Desktop handles authorization in the browser.

Nine clients have their own guide with the exact file path and config shape. See Install if yours is not above.

Step 2: Ask something live

Start a fresh session so the client picks up the new server, then ask:

What is the current price of Bitcoin? Use Hive.

The answer should name a provider and a timestamp. If it does, your agent is reading live data instead of guessing from training.

Try a harder one:

Check whether the token at 0x6B175474E89094C44Da98b954EedeAC495271d0F is safe to interact with.

Step 3: Read the receipt

Material responses carry three fields worth checking:

provider · string

Which upstream source served the data, for example CoinGecko or GoPlus.

fetched_at · timestamp

When the data was retrieved. Stale data is labelled, not hidden.

runtime_status · string

Whether that provider was healthy for this call. A degraded provider says so.

This is the part that makes the number quotable. Your agent can say where it got a figure and how old it is, which matters when someone acts on it.

What you get without signing in

The anonymous lane allows 25 material calls per IP per day, resetting at 00:00 UTC. Discovery calls, where the agent lists tools or reads a schema, do not count against that.

When you need more, authentication covers OAuth for interactive clients and API keys for headless ones.

Next

Install your client

Exact config for all nine supported clients.

How Hive works

Why your agent finds the right tool on its own.