Frequently asked questions
Two ways to browse — start with platform-wide questions (billing, security, Claude subscription, getting started), then dive into the connector you care about. Same answers, organised the way our customers actually ask.
Getting started
4 questionsWhat is Cohesive360?
Cohesive360 is a multi-connector MCP platform that gives Claude controlled access to the tools your firm already uses — case management, CRM, court records, public filings, and more. You connect each tool once; Claude can then read and write through plain-English commands while every change comes back to you for review. See the full connector list.
How is Cohesive360 different from Claude itself?
Claude is the AI assistant (the chat interface) — built and billed by Anthropic. Cohesive360 is the bridgethat lets Claude talk to your firm's specific tools through MCP, with credentials your team controls and write-with-review safeguards. Two separate subscriptions: pay Anthropic for Claude, pay Cohesive360 for the connector. We don't resell Claude usage; you bring your own Anthropic seat.
Which Claude surfaces work — Desktop, web, mobile?
All three. The same Cohesive360 connector URL works in Claude Desktop (Mac and Windows), claude.ai in any modern browser, and the Claude mobile app on iOS and Android. Voice mode on mobile is the one exception — it currently only invokes Anthropic's built-in integrations, not custom MCP connectors. Switch to text chat in the same app and the connector works.
Do I have to install software on every device?
No. The connector is a hosted HTTPS URL you paste once into Claude Settings → Connectors → Add custom. Claude handles the OAuth flow; nothing runs on your laptop. The legacy stdio install (for users who want credentials only on their own machine) still exists but is rarely the right choice now.
Pricing & seats
4 questionsHow do you price Cohesive360?
Per seat, per month, with a free trial. A seat is one user on one of your connectors — so a paralegal who only uses SmartAdvocate counts as one seat, not several. Pricing scales by connector mix and seat count; we publish ranges on the Pricing page and finalise on a short call so we can match you to the right plan for your firm size.
Does the price include my Claude (Anthropic) subscription?
No.That's a separate subscription with Anthropic — Claude Pro, Team, or Enterprise — and you bring your own seat. Cohesive360 is the connector layer only; we don't resell Claude. This separation is intentional: it keeps your AI vendor relationship direct, and you can swap models if Anthropic ever raises prices.
Can I try it before committing?
Yes. Every new firm gets a 14-day free trialon the connector of your choice. No credit card up front; we ask for one only if you choose to keep the connector after the trial. Trials are scoped per (user, tenant) so you can't farm endless trials by spinning up new accounts.
What happens when I add more connectors later?
Pro-rated. Each connector is priced individually; adding one mid-cycle adds its per-seat fee on a pro-rated basis to your next invoice. Removing a connector drops the fee from the next cycle (no refunds for partial months, but no cancellation penalties either).
Security & data
5 questionsWhere do my credentials live?
In an encrypted vault on our servers — AES-256-GCMwith per-user keying, stored in Azure Postgres behind Azure Key Vault. We never store credentials in plaintext, never log them in clear, and never expose them through the connector API. The only thing leaving our servers is the authenticated API call to your tool's vendor (SmartAdvocate, Clio, etc.).
Do you train models on my firm's data?
No.We don't train models, period — Cohesive360 is a connector, not an AI lab. Anthropic's terms govern what Claude does with the prompt and response (their commercial and enterprise plans do not train on customer data; consumer Claude Pro does — read Anthropic's privacy page for the current policy and pick the plan that matches your firm's needs).
What's the data flow on a single Claude request?
Claude sends a JSON-RPC call to our
/api/mcp endpoint. We authenticate the OAuth token, look up your credentials in the vault, decrypt them in memory only, call your tool's API (e.g. SmartAdvocate), and stream the response back to Claude. We don't persist case data, document text, or response bodies. Audit logs record the tool name and timestamp only — not the payload.Can my IT admin see who has connected what?
Yes, on Team and Enterprise plans. The admin dashboard lists every user, which connectors they've activated, when they last verified credentials, and recent tool usage. Admins can also revoke a user's OAuth token instantly without waiting for the user to do anything on their side.
Can Claude reach systems behind our firewall — ProLaw, a file server, an on-prem database?
Yes — through a small on-prem agent, and your data stays on your network.For systems that don't expose a cloud API — ProLaw's SQL database, a Windows file server — your IT installs a lightweight Windows agent on a machine inside your network. It dials out to Cohesive360 over HTTPS (port
443) and waits for work, so there are no inbound ports to open, no VPN, and no firewall changes. When Claude asks a question, the agent runs the read locally and returns only that specific result — nothing else is exposed. It's read-only, authenticates as a scoped account your IT controls, and we store no database or file-server credentials (for a file server the agent runs as a Windows service account you grant read access to the specific folders). ProLaw and File Server work this way today; we provision the agent with your IT.Reliability & accuracy
3 questionsWhat happens when a connector's API is down?
Claude tells you. The connector returns the error verbatim — rate-limited, auth expired, 500 from the vendor — and Claude relays it. No silent failures or stale cached writes. We retry transient errors automatically (with backoff) but a hard outage on the vendor side is visible to you within seconds.
Claude got something wrong. What do I do?
Treat every draft as a draft. Claude can misread a note, misinterpret a date, or summarise something incorrectly. Cohesive360 is a facilitation channel— we transport requests, we don't generate or validate Claude's output. Review before you accept anything that touches a deadline, a client communication, or a matter in motion. If a specific tool consistently returns wrong data (vs. Claude misinterpreting it), open a support ticket and we'll dig in.
Are writes reversible?
Through the underlying tool's own UI, yes — Claude writes through the vendor's API, which means the change appears in their audit trail and is reversible the same way any other user-initiated change is. The connector itself isn't a separate ledger; if SmartAdvocate or Clio doesn't let you undo a particular change in their UI, the connector can't undo it either.
Support
2 questionsHow do I get help?
Email support@cohesive360.com. We answer every email personally — usually within a few hours during US business hours, next-day at worst. Enterprise plans include a private Slack channel + named contact.
I want a connector you don't have yet — what should I do?
Tell us. The /request-access page has a form for new-connector requests; we read every one and prioritise based on (a) how many firms ask for the same tool and (b) whether the vendor has a usable API. We add 1-2 new connectors per month.