--- title: Client compatibility description: Which assistants work with Hamloy, how each one connects, whether it signs in through the browser, and which get hooks, the panel and the status line. url: https://hamloy.com/compatibility --- For your AI # Client compatibility Every app that speaks MCP over HTTP gets Hamloy's 13 tools. Claude Code and Codex get more, through the hamloy program. Here is each client side by side. Updated 11 October 2026 ## How each one connects | Client | How it connects | Where it's set up | Signs in through the browser | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Claude Code](https://hamloy.com/for/claude-code) | The program, or the remote link | Per folder, or a `.mcp.json` in the repo | Yes | | [Codex](https://hamloy.com/for/codex) | The program, or the remote link | Once for you on the computer | Yes | | [Claude](https://hamloy.com/for/claude) (web, desktop, phone) | Remote link, as a custom connector | Once for your Claude account | Yes | | [ChatGPT](https://hamloy.com/for/chatgpt) (on the web) | Remote link, as a custom MCP server | Once for your ChatGPT account | Yes | | [Cursor](https://hamloy.com/for/cursor) | One-click install, or remote link in `mcp.json` | Every folder, or per folder | Yes | | [VS Code](https://hamloy.com/for/vs-code) | One-click install, or remote link in `.vscode/mcp.json` | Every folder, or per folder | Yes | | [Windsurf](https://hamloy.com/docs/windsurf) | Remote link in its `mcp_config.json` | Once on the computer | Its docs say yes | | [Cline](https://hamloy.com/docs/cline) | Remote link over streamable HTTP | In Cline's MCP settings | Its docs say yes in the Cline CLI, and show a token header in the editor | | [Zed](https://hamloy.com/docs/zed) | Remote link in its MCP settings | In Zed's settings | Its docs say yes | | [Gemini CLI](https://hamloy.com/docs/gemini-cli) | Remote link, as `httpUrl` | Per project, or for your user | Its docs say yes, with `/mcp auth` | | Any other MCP client | Remote link, or an [API token](https://hamloy.com/docs/api-tokens) | As the client keeps it | If it supports MCP sign-in | ## What each one gets Every client gets the 13 tools. These come on top. | Client | Hooks | Panel | Status line | Tested by us | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claude Code | Yes, with the program | Yes | Yes, opt-in | Yes | | Codex | Yes, with the program, approved once with `/hooks` | Yes | No | Yes | | Claude (web, desktop, phone) | No | No | No | Yes | | ChatGPT | No | No | No | Yes | | Cursor | No | No | No | Yes | | VS Code | No | No | No | Yes | | Windsurf | No | No | No | Not yet | | Cline | No | No | No | Not yet | | Zed | No | No | No | Not yet | | Gemini CLI | No | No | No | Not yet | | Any other MCP client | No | No | No | No | The other clients' rows were read from their own documentation on 10 October 2026. Windsurf's documentation now lives under the name Devin Desktop. ## What each column means **How it connects.** _The remote link_ is Hamloy's address, `https://hamloy.com/mcp` for every project you're on, or a project's own address from its page. _The program_ is `hamloy`, installed with one paste in the folder you work in; it signs in once and sets up Claude Code and Codex, tools and hooks together. An _API token_ is for a machine nobody signs in on. See [remote link or token](https://hamloy.com/docs/remote-link-or-token) and [the program](https://hamloy.com/docs/the-program). **Where it's set up.** Some clients keep a server per folder, so a folder reaches one project and a file in the repo can carry it to every clone. Others keep one connection for your account; they get the address for every project, and their calls name the project when you're on several. **Signs in through the browser.** The client opens Hamloy in your browser the first time, you sign in, and no key is written anywhere (OAuth). **Hooks.** The program's hooks tell Hamloy which repo, branch and files the agent touches, and bring the lists' news into the session. With them a session starts knowing what's open and which task to take next, a closed session lets go of its claims at once, an agent is told when it edits a file another session changed, and a task ticked on a branch stays "not merged yet" until its commit reaches main. See [git](https://hamloy.com/docs/git). Without hooks, an agent gets the rules with its first tool reply and the news under each reply after. **Panel.** `hamloy panel` keeps the lists drawn beside the agent in the terminal: a split in tmux, Zellij, iTerm2, WezTerm, Kitty and Windows Terminal, and a window beside it in other terminals. **Status line.** `hamloy statusline on` adds a Hamloy line to Claude Code's status line: the task this session is on, and what waits for you. Codex's status line takes only its own items, so there is none there. _You answer one of two questions on the board. Claude Code's status line goes from 2 for you to 1. The status line is opt-in, and Claude Code's alone._ ## Every client, the same lists Whatever the client, it's the same 13 tools and the same rules. A task Claude Code holds is refused to Codex, Cursor or ChatGPT, and a question any of them asks waits on your one board: ``` • Called hamloy.claim({"key":"B-k3f9"}) └ B-k3f9 is claimed by claude since 4m ago; pick another item (B-vaxb is free), message them with the message tool (to: B-k3f9), or pass force to take it over ``` See [all integrations](https://hamloy.com/for) for a page per client, and [the tools](https://hamloy.com/docs/tools) for what each one does. ## Questions ### What does "tested by us" mean? We connect that client to a scratch project ourselves, sign in, and use the tools through it. The others are written from their own documentation, read on 10 October 2026, and we haven't run them ourselves yet. ### My client isn't here. Will it work? If it speaks MCP over HTTP, yes. Give it `https://hamloy.com/mcp`. If it can't sign in through the browser, send an [API token](https://hamloy.com/docs/api-tokens) as the `Authorization` header. ### Why do only Claude Code and Codex get hooks? Hooks are run by the client on your computer, and the `hamloy` program sets them up for these two. Other clients get the same tools, the rules with their first tool reply, and the news under every reply after.