# AI app will not connect to Locul

Source: https://help.locul.ai/articles/ai-app-will-not-connect-to-locul

Connect the app from **Settings** > **Connected apps**, fully restart the AI app, then click **Recheck** in Locul. Apps on your computer connect through a local setup, never a URL. Only web apps (claude.ai, ChatGPT in the browser, Grok Bot) use the address https://team-api.locul.ai/mcp.

## Reconnect an app on your computer

This covers Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.

1. Click **Connect apps** at the bottom of the left rail. This opens **Settings** > **Connected apps**.
2. Under **Use Locul memory in your AI apps**, find your app and click **Connect**.
3. Quit the AI app fully and open it again.
4. In Locul, click **Recheck**.

![Use Locul memory in your AI apps, with Connect buttons and Recheck](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6ae9f4f30e569a4449787b27/images/locul-connect-apps-f372-c7187c6a.webp)
## If your app is not listed

1. Click **Manual setup** below the app list.
2. Copy the setup block it shows.
3. Paste it into your app's MCP settings file and save.
4. Restart the AI app, then click **Recheck** in Locul.

For Cursor, the file is `~/.cursor/mcp.json` on a Mac and `%USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json` on Windows. A `.cursor/mcp.json` inside a project only works in that project. See [Connect Cursor to Locul](/articles/connect-cursor-to-locul).

## Check the common causes

- **Wrong address.** Desktop apps must use the local setup from **Manual setup**, not a URL. An Ollama address such as localhost:11434 is only for choosing a model inside Locul. It is never the Locul connection.
- **Different email.** For web apps, sign in to the connector with the same email you use in the Locul app.
- **Plan ended.** Check **Settings** > **Account** shows an active plan or trial.
- **Local-only mode.** Web apps cannot reach your memories when storage is set to **Local-only** in **Settings** > **Cloud and local**. Apps on your computer still can.
- **Locul is closed.** Desktop apps reach your memories through the Locul app, so keep it running.

## Still not connecting

Email support@locul.ai with the name of the AI app, your operating system, and the exact error message or a screenshot.

## Related articles

- [Connect Claude Desktop and Claude Code](/articles/connect-claude-desktop-and-claude-code)
- [Connect Cursor to Locul](/articles/connect-cursor-to-locul)
- [Connect Claude.ai, ChatGPT or Grok Bot in the browser](/articles/connect-claude-ai-chatgpt-or-grok-bot-in-the-browser)
- [Cloud and local: where Locul runs](/articles/cloud-and-local-where-locul-runs)