Install Finch.

Before you start

• Claude Code (the desktop app or the terminal). Claude Code comes with a paid Claude plan (Pro or higher); the free plan doesn’t include it.
• A website project on your computer: plain HTML, React + Vite, Next.js, Nuxt, Astro or Ample
• A Google account to sign in with

1Add the plugin

Paste this into Claude Code:

> Add the Claude Code plugin finch@finch from the GitHub marketplace usefinch/notes (put it in my Claude Code settings if /plugin isn’t available here), then tell me how to load it and run /finch-install on this site.

In the Claude Code terminal you can run these two commands instead:

> /plugin marketplace add usefinch/notes
> /plugin install finch@finch

Then start a new Claude Code session in your site’s folder, so the Finch tools load.

2Run /finch-install

> /finch-install

It does the setup for you:

1. signs you in with Google in your browser and connects this computer to Finch,
2. works out your framework and adds the Finch script in the right place,
3. asks what to call the site, and whether Finch should show to everyone (good for a prototype or preview) or only with a review link (good for a live site),
4. saves a small .finch file that tells /finch-apply which site this is,
5. lets the Finch tools run without asking, while keeping a prompt for package, build and deploy files,
6. makes sure the project is in git, and commits just the files it changed.

First time on this computer? Reconnect finch from /mcp (or open a new session) before you apply.

3Deploy and open your site

Deploy the way you usually do (Ample apps are deployed for you). Open the live site in a desktop browser and click Edit on the right edge. If you chose review-link only, add ?finch to the address the first time, or use Open and edit in your sites.

4Edit, apply, share

Change anything, press Apply changes, then run /finch-apply in Claude Code. See Apply changes for what happens next. To get suggestions from other people, send them the link.