About our Inhouse.ai MCP Connector

Overview

The Inhouse connector links your Inhouse account to Claude, so you can start legal work, find past chats, pull your documents and request a lawyer without leaving the conversation you're in.

With it connected, you can:

Hand a legal question to Inhouse. Claude presents a link to a new Inhouse chat with your request already in it.
Find past Inhouse chats by keyword or type.
Bring your Inhouse documents into Claude to read, summarize, or send with your other connected tools, plus a download link in Word, PDF or Markdown.
Request a lawyer consultation and check where that request stands.
Check your plan, including remaining chats and consultation credits.

Inhouse's legal AI and lawyers do their work on inhouse.ai. Claude is the place you start, find and move that work.

Getting connected

You need an Inhouse account to use the connector. If you don't have one, you can create a free account during setup.

In Claude, open Customize → Connectors and choose Browse connectors.
Search for Inhouse and select Connect.
Sign in to Inhouse, or sign up, and confirm the account. You return to Claude automatically.
In a chat, make sure Inhouse is switched on in the connectors menu (the tools icon below the message box).
Try it: ask "What's left on my Inhouse plan?"

The connector works in Claude chat on web, desktop and mobile, and in Cowork. To disconnect, return to Settings → Connectors and remove Inhouse.

What you can do

Claude picks the right tool from what you ask; you don't need to name it.

Tool	What it does	Ask something like
Ask Inhouse	Sends your legal question, draft or review request to Inhouse and gives you a link to a new Inhouse chat with it as the first message. Inhouse answers there.	"Ask Inhouse to draft a mutual NDA for a contractor in Texas"
List my chats	Finds your Inhouse chats, newest first, by keyword or by type (question or draft).	"Find my Inhouse chat about my lease"
List my documents	Lists documents Inhouse generated for you, grouped by chat, with whether each is locked.	"What documents have I made in Inhouse?"
Get or download a document	Pulls one document's text into Claude, or downloads it as a Word (.docx), PDF or Markdown (.md) file.	"Summarize my Inhouse operating agreement"
Start a lawyer consultation	Opens a lawyer consultation request and gives you a link to enter your matter on inhouse.ai.	"I want to talk to a lawyer through Inhouse"
Get consultation status	Shows whether your request is awaiting details, submitted, under review or expired.	"Did Inhouse get my consultation request?"
Get my profile	Shows your plan, whether your chats are privileged, and remaining chat and consultation credits.	"How many Inhouse chats do I have left?"

The connector can't upload files. To have Inhouse review a document, attach it in the Inhouse chat that Ask Inhouse opens.

Example prompts

Copy any of these into Claude with Inhouse connected.

Get legal help started

"Ask Inhouse whether I need an LLC operating agreement if I'm the only member. I'm in Florida."
"Have Inhouse draft an independent contractor agreement for a freelance designer in California, paid $2,000 per project."
"I want Inhouse to review a commercial lease before I sign it."

Pick up where you left off

"Find my Inhouse chats about employment and give me a link to each one."
"Show my Inhouse drafts from the last month."

Put your documents to work

"Pull my Inhouse NDA and summarize the termination and confidentiality terms in plain English."
"Download my Inhouse contractor agreement as a PDF and draft a Gmail to Jordan with the PDF attached."
"Compare my Inhouse operating agreement with the notes in this Google Doc and list the gaps."

Reach a lawyer

"I'd like a lawyer to look at this. Start an Inhouse consultation for a business matter in New York."
"What's the status of my Inhouse consultation request?"

Tips for best results

Say what you want done. "Draft," "review" or "question" tells Inhouse where to start.
Mention "Inhouse" when you mean it. It helps Claude choose the connector instead of answering on its own.
Use keywords to find old work. "My chat about the Smith lease" finds it faster than "my recent chat."
Chain it with your other tools. Fetch an Inhouse document, then ask Claude to email it, file it in Drive or compare it with your notes.
Open the links promptly. Ask Inhouse and consultation links last 7 days; download links last 1 hour (up to 10 downloads). Ask again for a fresh one. Links to your chats don't expire.

Privacy, security and limitations

Your Claude conversation is not confidential or privileged. It's stored by Anthropic under your Claude settings. For a privileged conversation, continue on inhouse.ai on a plan that includes privileged chats.

Only your data. The connector signs in as you and only reaches your own chats and documents.
Privileged chats stay on Inhouse. Their titles and dates appear in Claude, but access to the chat messages is only available on inhouse.ai.
Consultation details stay on Inhouse. You describe your matter on inhouse.ai, never in Claude, and status checks never return your matter or a lawyer's notes.
Document text you fetch becomes part of the Claude chat. Download links work for anyone who has them for 1 hour, so share them with care.
Only documents Inhouse generated. Files you uploaded to Inhouse yourself can't be viewed or downloaded through the connector.
Locked documents show their title and an unlock link instead of their text.
No payments in Claude. Plans and extra consultations are bought on inhouse.ai.
Not available here: uploading files, documents drafted in an earlier version of Inhouse, and use without signing in.

Inhouse provides AI-generated legal information, not legal advice from a lawyer, unless you book a consultation. See the Inhouse Privacy Policy and Terms.

Troubleshooting and FAQ

Problem	What to do
Claude answers without using Inhouse	Check Inhouse is switched on in the chat's connectors menu, and include "Inhouse" in your request.
"Reconnect" or sign-in error	Your session expired. Go to Settings → Connectors, disconnect Inhouse and connect again.
A chat or document is missing	Results come 20 at a time, newest first. Ask Claude to show more, or search by a keyword from its title.
Link no longer works	Ask Inhouse and consultation links expire after 7 days, download links after 1 hour or 10 downloads. Ask Claude for a new one. Links also open only in the Inhouse account that asked for them.
Ask Inhouse returns a pricing link	Your free plan's chat limit is used up. Plans are shown on inhouse.ai.
Start a lawyer consultation returns a plans link	Your plan doesn't include consultations. Only Inhouse Counsel and Inhouse Counsel Plus do. Plans are shown on inhouse.ai.

Does the connector cost anything? No. It works with any Inhouse plan, including free; your plan's normal limits apply.

Can Inhouse see my other Claude chats? No. Inhouse only receives what Claude sends in a tool call, such as your request text.

Can I use it in Cowork? Yes, the same way as in Claude chat.

Getting help

For help with the connector, your account or a consultation, contact Inhouse support at support@inhouse.ai or visit the Inhouse help center. For Claude account or connector settings, see the Claude Help Center.