Connect an AI assistant

Ask Claude about your wardrobe, or have it plan your week, straight from the assistant you already use. Connecting an AI assistant is part of The Lookahead Pro.

What your assistant can see and do

• See your wardrobe list (category, main colour, brand), this week’s plan, and a summary of what your wardrobe covers.
• Do one thing: ask for a new weekly plan. That counts against your normal plan allowance, just like planning in the app.
• Never see your photos, your name, email, location or payment details, or anyone else’s information. It can’t change your wardrobe or settings.

The information goes to the company that makes your assistant, under your own account with them. Section 7.5 of our privacy policy has the full detail.

Set it up with Claude Desktop

This takes about five minutes on a Mac or Windows computer.

1. Install uv, a small tool that runs the connector for you. On a Mac, open Terminal and paste:

   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

   On Windows, follow uv’s install guide.

2. Add The Lookahead to Claude Desktop. In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Developer → Edit Config and add:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "lookahead": {
         "command": "uvx",
         "args": ["lookahead-mcp"]
       }
     }
   }

   If the file already has an mcpServers section, add just the "lookahead" entry inside it. Save, then quit and reopen Claude Desktop.

3. Ask Claude about your wardrobe, for example “What’s in my Lookahead wardrobe?” Claude will show you a code like ABCD-2345.

4. Enter the code in The Lookahead. Go to Settings → Connect an AI agent and type it in. The code works for 10 minutes.

5. Ask again. Tell Claude you’ve entered the code and ask your question again. You’re connected, and you won’t need a code again unless you disconnect.

If something goes wrong

• Claude doesn’t show The Lookahead. Make sure you saved the config and fully quit and reopened Claude Desktop. If it still doesn’t appear, run which uvx in Terminal and use that full path as the "command".
• The code was rejected. Codes expire after 10 minutes. Ask Claude again and it will give you a new one.
• “This is a Pro feature.” Connecting an assistant needs The Lookahead Pro. You can upgrade in the app.

Still stuck? Email hello@thelookahead.app.

Disconnecting

In The Lookahead, go to Settings → Connect an AI agent → Disconnect. Access stops straight away. To remove the connector from your computer too, delete the "lookahead" entry from Claude Desktop’s config and delete the .lookahead-mcp folder in your home folder.