Can you connect Hostfully to Claude?
Yes. You connect Hostfully to Claude by running a small MCP server: a lightweight program on your own computer that wraps the Hostfully Platform API. Once it's connected, Claude Desktop or Claude Code can read your properties, leads, orders, and guests and answer questions about them in plain English, no dashboards or exports.
MCP (the Model Context Protocol) is an open standard from Anthropic that lets AI assistants talk to outside systems. Hostfully has no first-party MCP server as of July 2026, so you build a focused one yourself. It's free, takes about 15 minutes, and API keys are self-serve under Agency Settings on plans that include API access. Each request authenticates with the key plus your agency UID, no OAuth flow involved.
The server is read-only by default, which means Claude can look at your data but cannot change bookings, pricing, or guest records. Your API key stays in environment variables on your own machine and the server runs locally, so nothing about your account is exposed to the outside world.
The full walkthrough has the working Node.js code, the Claude Desktop and Claude Code setup, and example prompts.
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