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How to add an MCP server to Gemini CLI

The gemini mcp add command, the settings.json httpUrl form, OAuth versus headers, project versus user scope, and a worked example that ends with a live URL.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 7 min read
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How to add an MCP server to ChatGPT (developer mode and connectors)

ChatGPT only talks to remote MCP servers. Here is the listed-app route, the Developer Mode route, what each plan gets, and how tools show up in a chat.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 6 min read
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How to add an MCP server to Claude (desktop, web and connectors)

Directory connectors, custom connectors by URL, the desktop config file for local stdio servers, and what carries over to Claude Code and Cowork.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 6 min read
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Remote MCP server hosting: the options in 2026

Why ChatGPT and the cloud clients need a remote HTTPS server, what the host has to do, and a decision table across the categories.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 9 min read
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Using Lovable's MCP server from Claude Code or Cursor

Lovable as an MCP server your agent drives, step by step, and the honest trade-off of running one builder from another.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 7 min read
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Claude Design examples: what people build, and how each became a live site

Landing pages, portfolios, dashboards, menus, event pages. What Claude Design exports today, and the two routes from a design to a site that is actually live.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 7 min read
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Claude Cowork use cases: what people build, and how to put it online

Documents, research, ops dashboards, small tools, a simple website. Which ones stay files and which become live apps through a connector.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 7 min read
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Vibe coding with Gemini: the tools, and how to ship the result

Four Gemini surfaces that build apps, honestly described, and the deploy routes: Google's own, a connected agent, or a static import.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 8 min read
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How to host an MCP server for ChatGPT apps and connectors

The requirements ChatGPT imposes on an MCP server, the OAuth flow it expects, and the shortest path to a live endpoint you own.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 8 min read
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Vibe coding examples: live apps you can open right now

Not mockups: live listings and demos, with the plain-language ask behind each one and how the build actually happens.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 7 min read
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Vibe coding with Claude: from prompt to live URL

Claude, Claude Code and Cowork, and one walkthrough from first prompt to a live URL with a database and sign-in.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 8 min read
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How to turn a Claude artifact into a live website with a database

A Claude artifact is a working UI with no server and no memory. Here is the whole conversion: a zip upload to get it live at a real URL, then a table and an API route so the data survives a refresh.

Updated July 24, 2026 · 8 min read
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How to vibe code a live app for free

Vibe coding plus free hosting equals going from "I have an idea" to "here's the URL" in under 30 minutes. The full step-by-step with a concrete example app, using AI tools whose free tiers are enough.

Updated April 17, 2026 · 9 min read
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How to add an MCP server to Claude Code

Everything Claude Code needs to connect to an MCP server: the exact command, where the config lives, and how to tell if it's working.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 4 min read
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How to add an MCP server to Cursor

Cursor uses a JSON config file for MCP servers. Here's exactly what to put in it, where it lives on each OS, and how to verify it's working.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 5 min read
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How to add an MCP server to Codex

Codex installs MCP servers as plugins from its directory, or reads them from ~/.codex/config.toml. Here's both setups, end to end.

Updated August 21, 2026 · 5 min read
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How to deploy an app with Claude Code

Describe an app in Claude Code, let it build and deploy, share the live URL. Here's the full path from first prompt to shipped.

Updated April 16, 2026 · 7 min read