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Introduction

Connect Manifest to Claude, then build and publish by chatting.

What Manifest Does

Manifest lets Claude put what it builds online, and keep it running: hosting, staging, domains, analytics, and teams. You describe what you want; Claude does the work. It's free to start.

Connect Claude

Do this once.

  1. In Claude, go to Customize > Connectors, select +, then Add custom connector.
  2. Name it Manifest and paste this server URL: https://mcp.manifestx.dev/mcp
  3. Select Add, then Connect, and sign in with Google, GitHub, or your email. This creates your free Manifest account.

Manifest is now available in every new Claude session. You never share a password or key with Claude.

Chat or Code Sessions

You can use Manifest in two kinds of Claude session:

  • Chat sessions (and Cowork) are everyday Claude conversations, with nothing to set up. Claude keeps the project's files in the session and sends them to Manifest when it publishes.
  • Code sessions are in the Code tab of the Claude desktop app. Claude works in a folder on your computer, so projects can be any size, and it can show a live preview.
Code session Chat session
Build and publish ✓ Projects up to 10 MB and 300 files
Preview in the Claude app ✓
Pick up where you left off Open the same folder Continue in the same session
Publish live, connect domains ✓ ✓
Invite a team, roll back (Pro) ✓ ✓
See visitors ✓ ✓

Your Project Folder

A Code session works in a folder you choose:

  1. Make an empty folder wherever you keep your documents, named after the project, like bakery-site.
  2. In the Claude desktop app, open the Code tab, start a new session, and choose that folder.
  3. Ask Claude to build with Manifest. It saves everything in the folder as it works.

The folder is your working copy. Manifest stores what you publish online, including the last 5 versions, which you can download anytime. For a backup of the folder itself, use GitHub Sync.

For anything you'll keep growing, start in a Code session.

Start a Session

Name Manifest in your first message, so Claude knows to use it.

Build a landing page for our bakery with Manifest
Publish this project with Manifest

To come back to a project in a Code session, open its folder: it includes a CLAUDE.md file that tells Claude it's a Manifest project. In any session, you can also name the project, like let's work on the bakery site.

What You Can Ask

As with anything in Claude, you can ask for whatever you have in mind, in your own words. These are a few ideas to get started.

To Prompt ideas
Build Build a client portal where customers sign in Make a quiz game for our trade show
Draw inspiration Capture the vibe of this other site Grab our theme from our old website
Change Use our brand colors: navy and orange Add a French version
Publish Put it online Take staging live
Use a domain Connect www.example.com
Undo Put the previous version back
Invite people Invite sam@example.com
See visitors How many people visited this week?
Upgrade Upgrade this project to Pro
Get help Ask the Manifest team for expert help

Good to Know

  • Any framework. Claude builds new projects with the open-source Manifest framework unless you ask for another, like React or Svelte. Projects you already have work too. Manifest publishes anything that builds to plain web files.
  • No server code. Manifest runs what works in the browser. Claude can add sign-ins and saved data with an Appwrite account.
  • Your work stays yours. On any plan, you can download a copy of any of the last 5 published versions.

If Something Goes Wrong

If Try this
Claude doesn't use Manifest Name Manifest in your message, and check it's turned on in the session's connectors menu.
Manifest stops responding or asks you to sign in Reconnect it in Customize > Connectors.
A project is too big for a Chat session Continue it in a Code session.
The preview won't start Claude may need to install Node.js, a free tool. Ask it to.
A new domain doesn't load yet Domain changes take a while to spread. Ask is my domain ready?
Anything else Tell Claude what you expected and what happened. If it can't fix it, contact the team.