Use it in Claude

Side Space has no assistant of its own. Instead it works inside Claude: once it's connected, you ask Claude for what you need and it finds, reads, organizes and shares your files through the MCP server, with your permissions.

Connect

• claude.ai and the Claude desktop app. Open Settings → Connectors, add a custom connector and use your server's address with /mcp, for example https://side.example.com/mcp. Click Connect, sign in to Side Space in the page that opens and click Allow. On Team and Enterprise plans an admin adds the connector once in the organization settings, and each member signs in for themselves.
• Claude Code. Run claude mcp add --transport http side https://side.example.com/mcp. The browser opens to sign in the first time you use it.

When you allow access, tick only what Claude needs. files:read is enough to find and read. Add files:write to edit and organize, and shares:manage to make share links (it starts unticked).

What to ask

• "Find the harbor night shoot in Film A and tell me at which second they mention the storm."
• "What changed in /Ep01 since yesterday afternoon? Put script.md back the way it was at noon."
• "Transcribe every video in /dailies that has sound."
• "Move these three to /selects and make the client a link they can comment on, valid for 7 days."
• "Ask the location crew for the episode 3 footage by Friday, into /Ep03/Footage."
• "Fix the typo in scene 12 of the script" (Claude changes only that line, not the whole file).
• "Tag the new uploads and write a one-line summary of each into notes.md."

Claude answers with paths and, for media, the moments where something happens, so you can open the file at that second.

What keeps it safe

• Every change is saved as a version, and anything deleted goes to the trash for 30 days. You can undo what Claude did, file by file or by rewinding a whole folder.
• The tools tell Claude to ask you before it deletes anything, and to run a rewind as a dry run first and show you what it would change.
• An edit replaces only the exact text Claude names, so changes someone else made elsewhere in the file are kept. If that text is no longer there, the edit fails instead of guessing.
• Changes are recorded under your name (or the agent member's, with the Agent badge), and every tool is checked against the spaces and scopes you allowed.
• To disconnect, remove the connector in Claude, or run sidespace token list and sidespace token revoke on the app:… entry.

Try it with the sandbox

The trial container comes with sample clips that are already transcribed and tagged. claude.ai can't reach localhost, but Claude Code can:

claude mcp add --transport http side http://localhost:8080/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $SIDESPACE_TOKEN"

Then ask "What's in Film A, and where does someone talk about the harbor?"

The full list of tools is on the MCP page.