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Connecting AI Clients

Your answers come from the AI client you already use — NeatContext just hands it the context you selected. There is no model, base URL, or API key to set up in NeatContext.

Supported clients​

  • Claude Code (CLI)
  • Claude Desktop (uses its built-in Claude Code)
  • Codex CLI
  • ChatGPT Desktop (uses its built-in Codex)

Each client has a card in a Context's Connect this context panel, with a readiness hint: Ready to connect, …not found (the client isn't installed), or Build required (only in a source build).

The Connect this context panel on the Context page, with a Connect button on each of the ChatGPT Desktop, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, and Claude Code CLI cards

Connect a client​

  1. Open Contexts and select the Context tab you want to use.
  2. Add its domain profiles (mark one active), knowledge folders, and any extensions.
  3. In Connect this context, click Connect on your client's card.
  4. If the client asks, trust the folder it opens and approve the neatcontext tools.
  5. Ask your question in the session that opens.

Every Connect opens a new session — it does not reopen a past conversation. To use a different Context, select its tab and click Connect again.

Ask your question​

Ask your question normally in the session NeatContext opened. Your AI client reads the Context's profile, searches its knowledge folders, and calls its extension tools on its own, then writes an answer that ends with a ## Sources list of the exact files and tools it used. Open a source to check the answer against your own document.

Edit a Context without reconnecting

If you change a connected Context (add a profile, folder, or extension), just ask your next question — the client picks up the change automatically. You only need to Connect again to start a session for a different Context.

No model setup

If you're looking for a "connect your model" step, there isn't one — the connected AI client brings the model.