One paste and Claude gains a memory for the people in your life. This takes about a minute.
Kenva is connected 🎉
Your Google Drive is linked and your free trial has started. A Kenva Contacts folder will appear in your Drive the first time you add a contact. Finish the one step below to use it in Claude.
✓ Your Google Drive is connected and your free trial is running.
You're not signed in on this device. The steps below still work — but if you haven't connected your Drive yet, start here.
Your personal Kenva link
This is the connector URL you'll paste into Claude in step 3 below.
https://mcp.kenva.app/mcp
Watch it done
The whole thing, in four short clips. Recorded in a phone browser — the steps are identical on a computer.
Do this in a web browser (claude.ai) — not in the Claude mobile app. The app can't add custom connectors; once you've added Kenva in the browser, it appears in the app automatically.
Step 1 · Open SettingsOn claude.ai, open the sidebar and tap your account name at the bottom, then choose Settings.Step 2 · Find ConnectorsSettings opens on General. Scroll the tab row across until you see Connectors, and select it.Step 3 · Add custom connectorOn the Connectors tab, click Add, then Add custom connector.Step 4 · Name it, paste, AddName it Kenva, paste your connector URL — https://mcp.kenva.app/mcp — leave the advanced settings empty, scroll down and hit Add.
Connect it to Claude
The flow differs slightly between computer and phone. Start with whichever you use most — the connector follows your Claude account everywhere.
Claude web & desktop
Open Claude and go to Settings → Connectors (on the web that's claude.ai/customize/connectors).
Click Add, then “Add custom connector.”
Name it Kenva and paste your personal link from above into the URL field. Leave the advanced settings empty.
Click “Add,” then “Connect.” A Kenva page opens — sign in with the same Google account and approve access.
In any chat, click the “+” button (bottom-left of the message box), hover over Connectors, and make sure Kenva is toggled on.
Claude on iPhone & Android
Don't use the Claude app for this part — it can't add custom connectors. Instead, open claude.ai in your phone's browser (Safari or Chrome), sign in, and follow the same steps as the walkthrough above — it was recorded on a phone browser.
Once added in the browser, the connector follows your Claude account: it appears in the Claude app automatically the next time you open it.
In a chat, tap the “+” next to the message box, open Connectors, and toggle Kenva on.
Bonus: on your phone you can snap a photo of a business card and say “add this person to Kenva.”
During the connect step, Claude will show you exactly what Kenva can do before you approve. That consent screen is Kenva's own — it never sees your Google password.
Try it right now
Open a new chat with Kenva toggled on and say something like:
"Just met Dana at the conference — she runs a bakery in Austin and is looking for a new POS system. Remember her."
Claude files it away in your Drive. Ask about Dana next week and it remembers.
Quick answers
Claude says it can't reach Kenva, or the connector isn't showing up
Three things fix most of it: check that the URL you pasted matches your personal link above exactly (no trailing spaces), make sure Kenva is toggled on for the current chat via the “+” menu, and if it still won't connect, remove the connector and add it again — Claude doesn't let you edit one in place. Still stuck? Email kenvaapp@gmail.com and we'll sort it out.
What exactly can Kenva see in my Google Drive?
Only the files it creates, inside the Kenva Contacts folder. That's the narrowest Drive permission Google offers. Your documents, photos, and everything else are technically invisible to Kenva.
Which AI assistants does it work with?
Only Claude is supported today — on web, desktop, and mobile. ChatGPT and other assistants are not supported yet; other assistants are on the roadmap.
What if Kenva shuts down someday?
Everything Kenva ever saved is plain text sitting in your own Drive. It stays readable, editable, and yours, with or without us. That's the point of how it's built.