Hum MCP

What it does

Hum MCP lets the AI apps on your Mac use your Hum board. Ask your coding assistant or chat app what’s still open, add an idea, tick one off or tidy a project, right from the app you’re already working in. It’s the same as talking to Hum, just typed.

MCP is the standard way AI apps connect to other apps. Hum MCP works with any app that supports it over HTTP, such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

What you need

• Hum for Mac, open in the menu bar. Hum MCP runs inside it, so it works while Hum is open.
• An AI app that supports MCP over HTTP. Most coding assistants do.
• An internet connection. Your ideas live in your Hum account, so changes show on your iPhone and iPad too.

Set it up

Please add the Hum MCP server for me. Hum is a Mac app; while it's open it serves MCP over Streamable HTTP at http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp. There is no API key or sign-in.

Add it to your own MCP settings, keeping any servers that are already there:
- Claude Code: run  claude mcp add --transport http --scope user hum http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp
- Cursor: in ~/.cursor/mcp.json, add "hum": { "url": "http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp" } under "mcpServers"
- VS Code: run "MCP: Open User Configuration" and add "hum": { "type": "http", "url": "http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp" } under "servers"
- Any other app: add an HTTP (Streamable HTTP) MCP server named "hum" with that URL

Then tell me if I need to restart or reload you. Once Hum is connected, list my Hum projects to check it works.

Or set it up yourself:

1. Turn it on. In Hum, open Settings › MCP and turn on Turn on Hum MCP. Also turn on Open at login in Settings › General, so your AI apps can always reach it.
2. Add Hum to your AI app. Use the address http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp. Settings › MCP has a Copy button for each of these:
   Most apps (the app’s MCP settings file)

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "hum": {
         "url": "http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp"
       }
     }
   }

   Claude Code (run once in Terminal)

   claude mcp add --transport http hum http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp

   VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

   {
     "servers": {
       "hum": {
         "type": "http",
         "url": "http://127.0.0.1:47530/mcp"
       }
     }
   }

   Then restart the AI app, or reload its MCP servers.
3. Try it. Click Test connection in Settings › MCP. Then ask your AI app: “List my Hum projects.”

Things to ask

Your AI app reads your board first, so you can describe ideas the way you remember them. Hum’s own wording rules apply, so ideas stay short and tidy.

Good to know

• It’s free. Hum MCP doesn’t use minutes.
• Changes appear quietly on your board and your other devices, like an edit you made on your phone. Ask “undo that”, or use Undo in Hum.
• Your AI app decides when to ask you first. Most ask before changing anything. You can tell it to always ask.
• Only apps on this Mac can connect. Hum MCP isn’t reachable from other computers or from websites. There’s no key to manage.
• Turn it off any time in Settings › MCP. While it’s off, Hum doesn’t listen at all.

Privacy

When an AI app uses Hum MCP, Hum gives that app your ideas and projects, and saves the changes it asks for. What the app does next, such as sending them to its own AI service, is covered by that app’s privacy policy, not Hum’s. Hum MCP doesn’t use Hum’s AI voice service. See the Privacy Policy.

If it doesn’t work