Help

Needs iPhone on iOS 26+. Speak or type in Clive, or connect an assistant that supports custom connectors.

Connect

https://clive.bytortoise.com/mcp

Claude

iPhone only? Use Safari at claude.ai.

Customize > Connectors.
+ Add > Add custom connector.
Name: Clive. Paste the address. Continue.
If asked: Sign in now; Register automatically. Add.
No page? Click Connect next to Clive.

Free plan: one custom connector. Team or Enterprise: an Owner adds it first.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http clive https://clive.bytortoise.com/mcp

Run /mcp and sign in.

Other

Add the address as a remote MCP connector with sign-in (OAuth).

Enter the code

In Clive, tap Connect an assistant (or Assistants), then Show code. Type its four words on the page, with spaces between them.

Codes last 10 minutes. If the page names a site that is not your assistant, stop.

The page then shows two check words. Tap Yes, allow in Clive only if your phone shows the same two. No prompt? Tap Review.

Clive's Connect screen: step 1 shows the address https://clive.bytortoise.com/mcp with a Copy button, step 2 shows a code of four words, such as paper misty lemur pet, that expires in under ten minutes.

Try saying

Wake me at 6:30 tomorrow.
Every weekday at 7.
Cancel tomorrow's alarm.

Not working? In a new chat, check Clive is on under + > Connectors.

Fixes

Wrong code: In Clive, tap New code and enter it.
Will not be set until the user allows this assistant: Clive > Review > Yes, allow.
Has not confirmed it yet: Open Clive for a moment and check for SET at the time you meant. If it does not confirm, Clive may send a backup notification at the alarm time. That notification can also fail or be delayed; it needs notifications allowed and a reachable phone. It is not confirmation that an alarm is set.
Alarms are turned off for Clive: Clive > Open Settings > turn on Alarms and Notifications.
Too many tries: Switch to mobile data, or wait 10 minutes.
Reached its limit: Clive > Assistants > the assistant > Daily limit (up to 50).
Restore on another iPhone: On the other iPhone, use your own Apple Account with the purchase or shared entitlement and choose Restore purchase on the Clive Pro screen; a purchase or shared entitlement covers up to 10 iPhones, and if it already covers 10, contact support.
Asks for your time zone: Tell it your city.
This connection has expired: In your assistant, remove Clive from its connectors or apps, then add it again with the address above.
Clive is busy: Alarms already set on your iPhone still ring. New connections and changes go through on their own when the server catches up. Keep Clive open, or try again in a few minutes.
The alarm is too quiet: Clive rings at your iPhone's ringer and alerts volume, not the media volume. Turn it up in Settings > Sounds & Haptics. With Change with Buttons off, the side buttons do not change it. Some iPhones lower alerts while you look at the screen; you can turn that off in Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Attention Aware Features.
Will it ring if the server is down?: An alarm that shows SET is scheduled by iOS on your iPhone and rings from there, without our server. New alarms and changes need the server, and so do the later days of a repeating alarm: your iPhone holds up to two weeks of them at a time.

Remove or delete

Remove an assistant: Clive > Assistants > the assistant > Hold to remove. This stops its access and cancels its upcoming alarms on the server. Open Clive so your phone can receive the cancellation and check its alarms.
Delete app data: Clive > Settings > Hold to delete. The app requests deletion of your active server record, then checks that its alarms, reminders and local history are cleared on this iPhone before reporting completion. If cleanup fails, Clive pauses and shows Retry cleanup. If the server reply is lost, the app checks a saved deletion receipt before continuing cleanup. It can retry the original request without creating a new identity. Older deletions without a receipt token may still need support. Some records remain: what is removed and what remains. Server deletion cannot be undone. This does not cancel Pro; cancel separately in iPhone Settings > your name > Subscriptions. In Clive, Settings > Plan opens Apple’s subscription sheet while subscribed.

For admins and developers

Clive sets real alarms on a person’s iPhone, at a set time or after a countdown of up to 24 hours. Its connector lets an assistant set, list, check, change and cancel them, once the person allows that assistant in the app.

Server: https://clive.bytortoise.com/mcp, Streamable HTTP.
Sign-in: OAuth 2.0 authorization code with PKCE (S256), dynamic client registration and public clients. Scope: alarms. The person types the four-word code from the Clive iPhone app, then taps Yes, allow if the two check words match. Access tokens last an hour; refresh tokens 90 days.

Tools

create Set an alarm: Changes data. An alarm at a set time, or a countdown of up to 24 hours. It shows as queued until the phone confirms it, then armed.
list List alarms: Read-only. Upcoming ones with their status; ended ones on request.
status Check an alarm’s status: Read-only. Armed means the phone confirmed it, not that anyone heard it.
update Change an alarm: Changes data. Label, time, time zone, repeat or sound. A new time is queued again until the phone confirms it.
cancel Cancel an alarm: Changes data. The reply says if the phone has not yet confirmed removal.

An assistant sees and changes only the alarms it created. Every time needs a time zone, such as America/Chicago.

Limits, data and help

Limits: 5 active alarms at once, or 100 with Clive Pro, sold in the iPhone app through Apple. At the limit, one extra one-off alarm within the next 24 hours is allowed once a week. Each assistant can set 20 new ones in any 24 hours by default; the person can choose 1 to 50 in Clive > Assistants > the assistant > Daily limit. Until the person allows an assistant, at most 3 of its alarms wait. How limits work
Data: For each alarm the server stores its words, time, time zone, repeat, sound, status and which assistant asked. Clive receives the tool requests, not the conversation. Privacy policy
Problems: See Fixes above, or email support@bytortoise.com.

Clive can fail to set or ring an alarm. Do not rely on it for medication, medical, safety-critical or other alarms you cannot miss; also set one in Clock.