> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hiveintelligence.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 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
```

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Claude Code">
    ```bash theme={null}
    claude mcp add --transport http hive https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Cursor">
    Add this to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`:

    ```json theme={null}
    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "hive": {
          "url": "https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp"
        }
      }
    }
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="VS Code">
    Create `.vscode/mcp.json` in your project root. Requires VS Code 1.102 or newer.

    ```json theme={null}
    {
      "servers": {
        "hive": {
          "type": "http",
          "url": "https://mcp.hiveintelligence.xyz/mcp"
        }
      }
    }
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Claude Desktop">
    Open **Settings > Connectors**, add a custom connector, and paste the endpoint URL.
    Claude Desktop handles authorization in the browser.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

Nine clients have their own guide with the exact file path and config shape. See
[Install](/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:

<ResponseField name="provider" type="string">
  Which upstream source served the data, for example CoinGecko or GoPlus.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="fetched_at" type="timestamp">
  When the data was retrieved. Stale data is labelled, not hidden.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="runtime_status" type="string">
  Whether that provider was healthy for this call. A degraded provider says so.
</ResponseField>

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](/authentication) covers OAuth for interactive clients
and API keys for headless ones.

## Next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Install your client" icon="plug" href="/install">
    Exact config for all nine supported clients.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How Hive works" icon="compass" href="/concepts/how-it-works">
    Why your agent finds the right tool on its own.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>