Connect your lights to your AI.

Nothing to install. You paste the address below in one place in your AI, sign in once, link your Hue account once — and it is there from then on. The whole trip takes a couple of minutes.

The address you need

https://hue.finetune.dk/mcp

Which app do you use?

Open the settings

Click your name in the bottom-left corner, and pick Settings in the menu that opens. It works the same on claude.ai in the browser and in the desktop app.

The menu under the name in the bottom-left of Claude with Settings highlighted — The menu sits in the bottom-left, both in the browser and in the app.

Find Connectors

Pick Connectors in the menu on the left (under Customize), click Add in the top right, and pick “Add custom connector”.

The Connectors page in Claude with the Add menu open and the item Add custom connector — “Add custom connector” hides under the Add button in the top right.

Paste the address

Name it Hue, and paste the address in the URL field. Advanced settings can stay empty. Click Add.

https://hue.finetune.dk/mcp

The Add custom connector dialog with name and URL filled in — Name and address are all you need to fill in.

Connect and approve

Click the new connector in the list, and click Connect. A login window opens in your browser — sign in, and click “Allow access”.

The connector page with the Connect button — The first time, the connection is approved with a login.

The approval window with the Allow access button — Approve once — the login is remembered from then on.

Link your Hue account

Start a new conversation and ask Claude to control a light. The first time, it replies with a personal link instead of doing it. Open the link, sign in with your Philips Hue account, and click approve.

The link is valid for 15 minutes. If it expires, just ask again — you get a fresh one. You only do this once.

Ask away

From now on, Claude controls your lights directly. Rooms, scenes, colors and timers — just say what you want.

“Dim the living room to 20% and make it warm white.”

Open the settings

ChatGPT and Codex share the same desktop app today. Click your name in the bottom-left corner, and pick Settings.

The menu under the name in the bottom-left of the Codex app with Settings highlighted — The menu sits in the bottom-left of the app.

Find MCPs

Pick Plugins in the menu on the left (under Integrations), click the MCPs tab, and click “+ Add server”.

The Plugins page with the MCPs tab selected and the Add server button in the top right — MCP servers have their own tab under Plugins.

Fill in and save

Name it Hue, pick Streamable HTTP as the type, and paste the address in the URL field. The rest can stay empty.

https://hue.finetune.dk/mcp

The Connect to a custom MCP form with the name, the type Streamable HTTP and the address filled in — Only name, type and URL need to be filled in.

Approve access

Back in the list: click Authenticate next to Hue. A login window opens in your browser — sign in, and click “Allow access”.

The server list with the server added and the Authenticate button next to it — The Authenticate button sits next to the server once it is added.

Link your Hue account

Start a new conversation and ask it to control a light. The first time, it replies with a personal link instead of doing it. Open the link, sign in with your Philips Hue account, and click approve.

The link is valid for 15 minutes. If it expires, just ask again — you get a fresh one. You only do this once.

Ask away

From now on, your lights are one sentence away.

“Dim the living room to 20% and make it warm white.”

Run the command

Open a terminal and run:

claude mcp add --transport http hue \
  https://hue.finetune.dk/mcp

Add --scope user if the server should apply to all your projects and not just the current one.

Sign in once

Start Claude Code, and run /mcp. Pick hue and approve the login in the browser window that opens.

Link your Hue account

Ask it to control a light. The first time, it replies with a personal link instead of doing it. Open the link, sign in with your Philips Hue account, and click approve.

The link is valid for 15 minutes. If it expires, just ask again — you get a fresh one. You only do this once.

Ask away

Write it straight into the conversation.

“Dim the living room to 20% and make it warm white.”

If something's not working

I can't find “Connectors” in Claude

MCP connectors require a paid plan (Pro or higher) — on the free plan the menu item does not exist at all. Also check that the app is updated to the latest version.

The login window doesn't open

Allow pop-up windows for claude.ai or chatgpt.com in your browser, and try again. In the desktop apps it often helps to restart the app and click Connect again.

It says my Hue account is not connected

Ask it to control a light again — you get a fresh personal link every time. The link is valid for 15 minutes, so open it right away, sign in at Philips and approve.

It can't find my lights or rooms

Open the Hue app and check that your bridge is linked to your Hue account (Settings → My Hue system). The connector reaches your lights through the Hue cloud, so the bridge must be on your account and online.

Something else?

Write to christian@finetune.dk, and we'll figure it out together.