# Connect Prior to Claude Code

> Add Prior to Claude Code with one command, sign in through your browser, and use its slash commands to plan your day or turn a course into flashcards.

Source: https://priortasks.com/docs/integrations/connect-claude-code/
Last updated: 2026-11-05

Claude Code is Claude's coding assistant for the terminal. With Prior added, it reads and edits your tasks and notes in the same session where it works on your code: "create a task for each failing test", "mark the migration task as done".

## Add it

Run this once in a terminal:

```
claude mcp add --transport http prior https://api.priortasks.com/mcp
```

**Settings → Integrations** shows the same command in its **Claude Code** section, with a copy button.

Add `--scope user` to have Prior in every project instead of only the folder you are in:

```
claude mcp add --transport http prior --scope user https://api.priortasks.com/mcp
```

## Sign in

1. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`.
2. Choose **prior**, then **Authenticate**. Your browser opens Prior.
3. Sign in if needed, check the name of the app, and click **Allow**.
4. Go back to the terminal. `claude mcp list` should show `prior` as connected.

You can also sign in from the shell with `claude mcp login prior`. Over SSH, or on a machine without a browser, `claude mcp login prior --no-browser` prints the address to open instead. Claude Code stores the tokens and refreshes them for you. In `claude -p` runs there is no `/mcp` panel, so sign in first from an interactive session.

## Slash commands

Prior's prompts appear as slash commands. Type `/` and look for `mcp__prior__`:

| Command | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `/mcp__prior__plan_my_day` | Plans a day from what is overdue, due and planned |
| `/mcp__prior__triage_inbox` | Proposes a project, priority and date for each inbox task |
| `/mcp__prior__weekly_review` | Reviews the week and proposes what to change |
| `/mcp__prior__break_down_project` | Turns a goal into a project with milestones and tasks |
| `/mcp__prior__make_flashcards` | Turns a course, a file, a URL or a topic into flashcards |

Each one asks Claude to show its proposal before it changes anything. [Every tool and prompt](https://priortasks.com/docs/integrations/mcp-tools/) says what each does.

## Share the setup with a team

With `--scope project`, Claude Code writes the server into a `.mcp.json` file at the root of the repository, which you can commit. It holds only the address, no secret, so each person signs in with their own Prior account.

## Without a browser sign-in

If you cannot sign in through a browser, for example in a script, use an access key. [Access keys](https://priortasks.com/docs/integrations/access-keys/) explains how to create one and how to keep it out of your repository.

## Good to know

- **Permissions.** Claude Code asks before it uses a tool, depending on your settings. Approve with care what deletes or reaches other people.
- **Remove it** with `claude mcp remove prior`, and click **Revoke** in **Settings → Integrations**. The connection is listed there under the app's name, for example Claude Code (prior).
- **Claude Code's own documentation** covers scopes and authentication in [Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp).