---
title: Connect the Claude app
description: "Add quickS3 as a custom connector in Claude on the web or desktop, choose the roles it gets, and see why browsing works before transfers do."
section: AI agents
order: 40
audience: [owner, admin, member, agent-user]
status: published
lastVerified: 2026-09-15
sources:
  - web/src/components/app/pages/AgentsPage.tsx
  - web/src/components/app/pages/ConnectClientPage.tsx
---

1. In Claude (web, desktop, or Cowork), open **Settings → Connectors** and choose **Add custom connector**.
2. Name it quickS3 and paste the server address from the **AI agents** page in quickS3: `https://quicks3.com/mcp`.
3. Click **Connect**. A quickS3 tab opens.
4. Untick the roles Claude doesn't need, pick how long the access lasts, and select **Authorize**. [Approve an AI client](/docs/agents/consent/) explains each part.
5. In a chat, try: "List my quickS3 connections."

## Browsing works, transfers may not

In a chat, Claude can list your buckets and files, and create share links you can open yourself. Downloading or uploading a file needs the client to run a command like `curl`, which a chat often can't do. When that happens, Claude will list the file but fail to fetch it. That's a limit of the chat, not a problem with your access.

To move files, use a client that can run commands, such as [Claude Code](/docs/agents/claude-code/), or the quickS3 web app. Don't paste download or upload links into the chat as a workaround: anyone who sees them can use them until they expire.

## Disconnect

Select **Revoke** next to Claude on the **AI agents** page in quickS3. That cuts off access. Removing the connector in Claude's settings is a separate step that only tidies up Claude.