Connect Claude to ThingzSafe

Before you start

• Install ThingzSafe from Google Play on your Android phone or tablet.
• You need an active ThingzSafe Household or Pro plan, or to have joined someone’s household.
• Set up your household in the Android app and let it finish syncing. Your assistant works with the cloud inventory, not records that exist only on a phone.
• Have your usual ThingzSafe sign-in email address ready. Use the same address as in the app.
• Use a web browser on a computer for the first connection. You need a Claude account.

ThingzSafe does not include a paid subscription for any assistant. Any account requirements or charges from your chosen assistant are separate.

Connect Claude

1. Open claude.ai and sign in.
2. Open Customize in the left menu, then Connectors.
3. Choose + Add, then Add custom connector. If you see Custom → Web, choose that.
4. Name it ThingzSafe and enter this server address: https://app.thingzsafe.com/mcp
5. Continue to the sign-in settings. Choose Sign in now and Use your own OAuth client. If you see an Advanced settings section, open it to find the client fields.
6. Enter thingzsafe-claude in Client ID. Leave Client secret blank. The client ID is a connection label, not a password.
7. Finish adding the connector, then choose Connect if prompted.
8. On the ThingzSafe page, sign in if needed. Check the heading says Connect Claude, choose your household and review the permissions.
9. Approve the connection to return to Claude.

If you use Claude through a work organisation, its administrator may need to add the connector before you can connect your own account. Claude’s menus and button names change from time to time, so follow the closest match if yours look slightly different.

Use the connection in a conversation

Start a new conversation. If ThingzSafe is not already switched on, open the + menu beside the message box, choose Connectors and turn on ThingzSafe. Then ask your first question.

Choose what the assistant can do

On the ThingzSafe permission screen, choose the household you want to connect, then read the permissions before you allow access.

• Read inventory: find your Things and their details.
• Read valuation reports: answer questions about the values already recorded.
• Make changes: prepare and apply changes you have approved.
• Read photos and documents: inspect supported files already saved in ThingzSafe.
• Send bug reports or suggestions: submit a report only after you have checked and approved its contents.

You may see only some of these. Changes, file access and sending reports each have their own permission. A read-only connection cannot make changes. If a later request needs more permission, you may be asked to connect again and approve it.

You sign in on ThingzSafe’s own page. Never type your ThingzSafe sign-in codes, passwords or access tokens into the conversation.

Try your first question

Start with something simple:

• “List my sites in ThingzSafe.”
• “Where is my cordless drill?”
• “Show my reminders for the next 20 days.”
• “Show the notes for the goat shed.”

If you have similar names in several places, include the location, for example “Find the drill in the workshop at Home.” If more than one thing matches, the assistant should ask which one you mean.

Check changes before saving

You can also ask for a change, such as “Add a note to the drill saying the battery was replaced today.”

1. The assistant prepares a preview.
2. Check the record, location and proposed details.
3. If they are right, approve it. If not, ask for a correction first.

Nothing in your inventory changes just because a preview has been prepared. If a save seems to take a long time, ask the assistant to check whether the change completed before asking it to create the same thing again.

Work with your tables

Ask the assistant to explain or compare the information in your ThingzSafe tables, for example “Compare the number of goats with the feed bought each month.” Include the table name and location if needed.

With Pro, you can ask it to create a table from a spreadsheet, or from a table you paste into the conversation. Tell it which Site, Area or Thing the table belongs to, and check the column names, dates, numbers and preview before approving. Larger tables may need several smaller batches, each with your approval. Spreadsheet formatting and working formulas are not carried across.

Photos, receipts and documents

With the photos and documents permission, the assistant can inspect supported files already saved in ThingzSafe. Ask it to find the item and read the relevant document. A large document may need to be read in sections. See Check receipts, photos and documents for what can be read.

Adding a new attachment through this connection is not supported at present. Save it with the ThingzSafe Android or web app first, or use your household’s email receipts address.

What the connection can access

The connection uses the household you selected and the permissions you approved. It follows your ThingzSafe plan, so Pro features still need Pro. It never gives access to another household’s inventory.

Information returned to the assistant is handled under that provider’s account settings and privacy terms, as well as ThingzSafe’s. Choose what you ask it to read, particularly for personal documents. Claude can make mistakes, so check its answers and any proposed changes.

Disconnect from ThingzSafe

Sign in to the ThingzSafe web app, open How to use API and find AI connections. Choose Revoke beside the connection you want to stop.

Revoking stops its access to ThingzSafe. It does not delete your inventory or disconnect your other assistants, and it does not remove information already returned in earlier conversations.

If it does not connect

• No Connectors option: check the Customize menu. On a work account, ask your administrator whether custom connectors are allowed.
• Asked for a secret: check that you chose your own OAuth client, entered thingzsafe-claude and left the secret blank. Never use your ThingzSafe password here.
• No household to choose: finish setting up or joining your household in the Android app, let it sync, and check you used the same email address.
• Empty or old results: check syncing has finished and the correct household is connected.

If it still fails, contact us with the message or error reference. Never send sign-in codes, passwords or tokens.

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