# Crow Nest

> Crow Nest is where the tools a team builds with AI live: every tool behind company login, as easy to share as a Google Doc, with a database built in, and full visibility for IT into what was built, who uses it and what it's worth. People publish from Claude, Codex or Cursor by connecting the Crow Nest MCP server at https://crow-nest.com/mcp.

## Pages

- [Docs](https://docs.crow-nest.com/): the full documentation, for people and AI agents; [llms.txt](https://docs.crow-nest.com/llms.txt) lists every page as Markdown
- [Home](https://www.crow-nest.com/): what Crow Nest is and how to connect it to your AI
- [About](https://www.crow-nest.com/about/): the problem (tools stuck on localhost or becoming IT islands) and what Crow Nest does about it
- [Demo](https://www.crow-nest.com/demo/): walk through Crow Nest as a builder and as IT
- [Contact](https://www.crow-nest.com/contact/): Crow Nest for organizations, with company login, one place for every tool, and usage per tool

## How it works

- Connect the MCP server `https://crow-nest.com/mcp` in Claude, Codex or Cursor, then ask your AI to publish what you built.
- Each tool gets its own address, `https://<name>.crow-nest.com`, and its owner chooses who can open it: only them, specific people, anyone signed in with the link, their whole company, or the public.
- Tools can save and share data with `crow.db`, with rules for who can read and write, and no server code. They can also store uploaded files (`crow.files`), update open pages live (`crow.live`), call outside APIs with secrets that never reach the browser (`crow.api`), and call AI models with the person's or company's own key (`crow.ai`).
- When the browser isn't enough (webhooks, private logic, SQL), a tool can include its own server code in `server/index.js`; requests to `/api/*` run it, isolated per tool. Server code can also run on a schedule, queue background tasks, and its logs show in the dashboard and to agents.
- Tools can live on your own domain, or one bought through Crow Nest at registrar price plus $1 a year.
- Anyone can start an organization, invite people by email, and see every app in one place. Companies get a workspace behind their own login; tools people published on Crow Nest Personal move into it automatically.
- Pricing: pay as you go (free until an app uses services) or $7 a month with everything included. An organization someone starts is paid for by its owner on those plans. Companies we onboard pay $5 per person per month, with usage allowances pooled across the company.
- Agents get the full developer reference from the MCP tool `crow_docs` or https://crow-nest.com/mcp/docs.

## Contact

- hello@crow-nest.com

## The Nest

The Crow Nest blog. Every post as Markdown:

- [Crow Nest vs Lovable for internal tools: which is better for your team's workspace?](https://www.crow-nest.com/blog/crow-nest-vs-lovable-internal-tools.md): Lovable builds apps; Crow Nest is where a team's AI-built apps live. Sign-in, sharing, data, IT controls and cost compared, and when Lovable wins.
- [Crow Nest is now in the Claude Connectors Directory](https://www.crow-nest.com/blog/crow-nest-claude-connector.md): Crow Nest is live in Claude's Connectors Directory. Connect it once and Claude can publish the apps it builds for your team, behind sign-in.
- [Crow Nest vs Vercel for internal tools: an honest comparison](https://www.crow-nest.com/blog/crow-nest-vs-vercel-internal-tools.md): Where should a tool you built with AI live, Vercel or Crow Nest? Sign-in, data, cost and IT visibility compared, and when Vercel is the better pick.
- [How to share an app you built with Claude Code with your team](https://www.crow-nest.com/blog/share-claude-code-app-with-team.md): Five ways to get an app you built with Claude Code from your laptop to your team, what each costs, and how to keep it behind your company's sign-in.