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Connect Your Agent

Add OpenDexter to your AI client so your agent can use services and work through your Dexter account. You approve account access with your passkey and manage it in Dexter Wallet. If you are new to Dexter, create an account first.

Add OpenDexter

Choose your client for its install action and setup steps.

Claude

Add OpenDexter to your Claude account. The name and connection address are already filled in.

Set it up

  1. Individual Free, Pro, or Max: open Customize, open Connectors, choose +, then add a custom connector with the OpenDexter address.
  2. Team or Enterprise: an Owner first adds the address under Organization settings and Connectors; each member then opens Customize and Connectors and chooses Connect.
  3. In a conversation, choose +, open Connectors, enable OpenDexter, and complete Dexter sign-in if asked.

The prefilled button supplies the same name and address. Free accounts can keep one custom connector.

Already installed? Update it

Claude cannot edit a custom connector in place. Remove OpenDexter, add the same address again, reconnect, and start a new conversation.

Use one OpenDexter registration in each client. Hosted OpenDexter in one client and the local package in a different client can coexist. Do not add both to the same client, even under different names.

Connect Your Account

When your client opens an Authorize or Authenticate request, follow it to Dexter. Check the agent and account shown, approve with your passkey, then return to the conversation.

If the connection prompt has not appeared, ask your agent:

Connect my Dexter account.

Check Account Access

Show my Dexter account balance and holdings.

Check that the response identifies the account you intended to connect. You can manage the connection and its spending permission under Agents in Dexter Wallet.

Continue with Buy a Service for a paid task and its receipt. To fund an empty account, follow Add Money.

Local Package

For a local MCP installation with Node.js 20 or newer:

npx @dexterai/opendexter@1.23.3 setup

Setup configures supported clients on your machine. Follow Connect Your Terminal to authorize the local package, then start a new client session.

Connection Problems

If your client can find services but cannot read your account, complete its authorization request and repeat the account check. After installing or updating a plugin, start a new conversation or task so the client loads its tools.

For a local installation, inspect the configuration with:

npx @dexterai/opendexter@1.23.3 doctor --client codex

Replace codex with your configured client: claude-code, cursor, vscode, windsurf, or gemini-cli.

To remove account access, open Agents in Dexter Wallet, select the connected agent, and choose Disconnect.

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