# Starship: Claude & Slack quick start

Starship brings your projects, tasks, daily plan and progress into one place. Use Claude to talk through your work; use Slack for optional notifications.

## Connect Claude once

1. Sign in to [Starship](https://starship.ftf.dev) with your own account. Open **Connections → Connect Claude** and copy the connection address:
   `https://starship.ftf.dev/api/mcp`
2. In Claude, open **Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector**. Name it **Starship**, paste the address and continue. Choose **Sign in now** and **Register automatically** if asked. Leave client ID, secret and request headers empty. On Team or Enterprise, your owner adds Starship first; each person then connects their own account.
3. Sign in to Starship when prompted. To save work through Claude, check **Allow user-approved project, task, planning, reporting and authorized Trello changes**, then **Allow connection**. Read-only lets Claude view work. No API key or personal token is needed.
4. In your Claude chat, open **+ → Connectors** and enable **Starship**.

## Talk through your day

- **Morning:** “Plan my day in Starship. Ask about in-progress work I left out. Show me the plan before saving.” Review it, then approve the exact plan.
- **Start work:** “I’m starting work on assessing the ION Inform state of the code.”
- **Switch or work in parallel:** “Start the next task; keep the first running with AI.” Tell Claude whether other work should continue, pause or finish.
- **Finish:** “I finished that work session; mark the task complete too.” Session history and task completion are separate changes; review both.
- **Evening:** “Help me finish my day in Starship. Ask about gaps, breaks, outcomes and extra hours.” Review the day account, actual task time and closing report separately. Concurrent sessions and AI runtime do not automatically count as human hours.

## Turn on Slack notifications

1. In Slack, open **your profile → More → Copy member ID**.
2. In Starship **Connections → Slack notifications**, paste your ID and click **Send verification code**.
3. Enter the six-digit code from your Slack DM and click **Verify Slack**.
4. Choose weekday reminders and/or notices when your assigned work changes. Set reminder times in **Chicago time**, then **Save Slack preferences**.

Slack must be enabled by your workspace administrator. Notifications contain general reminders and Starship links; work updates happen through Claude or Starship. Check delivery history in **Transmissions**.

If Claude cannot connect, restart **Connect** with a fresh sign-in. Refresh the connector if tools are missing. Disconnect Claude or Slack from Starship **Connections** whenever needed.

Setup references: [Claude connector instructions](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-get-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp), [Slack member ID instructions](https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/help/articles/360003827751-Create-a-link-to-a-members-profile-). Reviewed November 11, 2026.