Connect Claude to xSpeed Hub MCP
Add xSpeed Hub to Claude as a custom connector, sign in once, and use it on claude.ai, in the desktop app and on your phone.
You add xSpeed Hub to your Claude account as a custom connector named xspeedhub. Once it is connected, you switch it on in the conversations where you want it.
Before you start
You need a free xSpeed Hub account with at least one site connected. Connect your sites to xSpeed Hub first if you have not.
Steps
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Add xSpeed Hub as a custom connector
Go to Customize > Connectors and click Add custom connector. Name it xspeedhub and paste the URL. Under Authentication choose Sign in now, and if Claude asks how it identifies itself, choose Register automatically, which uses dynamic client registration. Click Add. On a Team or Enterprise plan an Owner does this under Organization settings > Connectors, with Add, then Custom, then Web.
https://app.xspeedcache.com/xspeed/mcp
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Connect and turn it on in a chat
Click Connect on the xspeedhub connector and approve access on the xSpeed Hub page that opens. Then, in a conversation, click + in the message box, choose Connectors and switch xspeedhub on. Claude can use the connector only in conversations where that toggle is on.
+ > Connectors > xspeedhub (on)
Sign-in
OAuth sign-in or connection token. Choose Sign in now, then approve access on an xSpeed Hub page; there is no token to paste, and Claude keeps the credentials it receives. A connection token in a request header is possible only where Anthropic has turned on its limited header beta for your organization.
Alternative
Or send the connection token in a header
Only if your organization has the Request headers beta. Choose No sign-in as the Authentication setting, open Request headers, pick the authorization header and enter Bearer, a space, then the connection token from Connect AI in the Hub. Claude sends the value exactly as typed. Only the workspace owner sees that token, and you cannot edit authentication settings later, so remove and re-add the connector to change them.
Header: authorization Value: Bearer <your connection token>
Check it worked
Ask Claude this. It only reads, so nothing changes on your sites.
Use the xSpeed Hub connector to list my sites and tell me which ones have page caching turned off.
A first prompt
Use xSpeed Hub to show the cache hit ratio for every site and flag anything under 70%.
If something does not work
- On the Free plan you can add one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an Owner adds it for the organization, and each member then clicks Connect with their own account.
- You cannot change a connector's authentication settings after you add it. Remove it and add it again, and members then reconnect.
- The connector is off in a conversation until you switch it on from + > Connectors.
- Anthropic notes that Research can call connector tools without further approval. Block the Hub's write tools before you use Research with this connector.