1. Create your Pear account
Sign up at pearmcp.com, then connect Apple iCloud or Microsoft 365. Apple uses an App-Specific Password. Microsoft 365 uses OAuth. Pear can issue API keys for other clients, but Claude custom connectors use Pear OAuth directly.
Sign Up Free2. Add Pear as a custom connector
Claude custom connectors using remote MCP are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans. Free users are limited to one custom connector, and Team or Enterprise organizations need an Owner or Primary Owner to add the connector first.
Free, Pro, and Max plans
Add Pear to ClaudeThis opens Claude with Pear's name and server URL filled in. Review the details, leave optional client credentials blank, then click Add and Connect to sign in to Pear and approve access. If you are signed out of Claude, sign in first to continue to the form.
If the form does not open, add Pear manually:
- Open Customize -> Connectors.
- Click +, then Add custom connector.
- Paste the Pear server URL.
- Leave client credentials blank so Claude can prefer Pear's advertised CIMD path.
- Click Add, then Connect to authenticate with Pear.
Team and Enterprise plans
Add Pear as an organization ownerAn Owner or Primary Owner reviews and adds Pear for the organization. To add it manually, open Organization settings -> Connectors. After choosing Custom and Web, the owner enters the Pear remote MCP server URL. After that, each member connects Pear from Customize -> Connectors with their own account permissions.
These links only fill in the setup form. You still review the connector and approve access before Claude can use Pear. See Anthropic's install-link documentation.
Claude documents CIMD as its preferred automatic registration path when the server advertises CIMD and public-client token authentication, which Pear does. Pear does not expose DCR, so leave the optional client credentials blank and complete Pear sign-in through Claude.
https://pearmcp.com/api/mcpAfter setup, enable Pear for a conversation from Claude's connector picker. If a server URL changes later, remove and re-add the custom connector so Claude scans the latest tool definitions.
3. Start using it
Claude can use Pear tools once the connector is enabled in the conversation. Try:
- What meetings do I have today, and which ones need prep?
- Schedule a 30-minute call with Alex on Friday afternoon.
- Show whether my connected provider has a usable task or legacy CalDAV reminder list.
- Search unread mail from today and draft replies I can review.
What Pear unlocks inside Claude
The connector exposes only the tools and actions allowed by the current Claude plan, organization policy, connector settings, and tool approvals.
- Create, update, move, search, and delete calendar events directly from Claude.
- Manage Microsoft To Do and usable legacy Apple CalDAV lists, including batch actions and due-date workflows.
- Search contacts, find free time, and combine those with mail actions inside the same connector.
- Use one hosted remote MCP connector for Apple iCloud and Microsoft 365 today.
Claude workflows worth testing
- Ask Claude to compare your calendar, unread mail, and task list before drafting a weekly plan.
- Have Claude find a meeting time, create the event, and write the follow-up email in one conversation.
- Use Claude to turn long project notes into Microsoft To Do tasks or reminders in a usable legacy Apple CalDAV list.
Use Claude with iCloud Mail
Connect Apple iCloud in Pear with an App-Specific Password. If your Apple Account uses a different email address, enter your actual iCloud Mail address in the mail settings. Your password belongs in Pear's connection form, never in a Claude conversation.
Start by asking: "List unread messages in my iCloud inbox from today. Read the message from Alex and prepare a reply for my review. Do not send it yet."
A Pear email draft is a review artifact that does not send mail or save a draft in Apple Mail. Check the sender account, recipients, subject, and message before approving a send. Available reads and writes depend on the tools and permissions you enable.
For setup details and troubleshooting, read iCloud Mail with Claude and other AI assistants. Pear Free includes 50 counted provider actions per month; one Claude request can use several actions. See plans and limits and how your data is handled.
Why Claude + Pear?
Claude is strong at reasoning over messy, multi-step requests. With Pear, that reasoning can turn into finished calendar, task, contact, and mail actions instead of a plan you still have to copy into another app.
