FAQ

Prerequisites

• ✓GitHub account — Skynest uses GitHub OAuth for authentication. You'll be prompted to authorize during the first connection.
• ✓Vault access — Ask your Skynest admin to add your GitHub username as a collaborator on the vault repository.

Claude Code CLI

Run the following command in your terminal to register the Skynest MCP server:

claude mcp add --transport http skynest https://YOUR_SKYNEST_URL/api/mcp

After adding, restart Claude Code and you'll be prompted to sign in with GitHub on first use.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skynest": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://YOUR_SKYNEST_URL/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code App (Desktop)

1. Open Claude Code and go to Settings.
2. Navigate to MCP Servers and click Add Server.
3. Enter the following details:

   Name:      skynest
   Transport: HTTP
   URL:       https://YOUR_SKYNEST_URL/api/mcp

4. Save and restart. You'll be prompted to sign in with GitHub on first use.

Cursor

Add the following to your project's .cursor/mcp.json (or the global Cursor MCP config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skynest": {
      "url": "https://YOUR_SKYNEST_URL/api/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}

Reload Cursor. On first use, a browser window will open for GitHub OAuth sign-in.

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