Office and consulting
The current client's folder is green. All other client folders are red or not in Kobel at all, so Claude does not see them. Templates are orange: read, adapt, but never overwrite.
Claude Desktop can work with folders on your computer. When you share a folder, that usually covers everything inside it. Kobel splits that access up: every folder gets one of five colours, from edit to blocked, and every change Claude makes is written to a log.
Free basic version. No account, no cloud. Your files stay on your computer. Last checked: September 2026
Claude talks to your files through an interface called MCP. A plain file server gives Claude a path, and inside it Claude can read, change and delete anything. That is fine for a test project. For real work with contracts, customer data and accounts, it is too much.
Kobel replaces the direct file connection with a gate that has rules. Claude keeps working as usual, but every request goes through Kobel first. There, the colour you gave the folder applies.
checks every requestThis is how others spread their colours. You can change any setting later with one click.
The current client's folder is green. All other client folders are red or not in Kobel at all, so Claude does not see them. Templates are orange: read, adapt, but never overwrite.
Invoices and quotes are teal, so every change is backed up. Price lists are yellow. Tax and banking are red.
The source code is green. Documentation is teal. Credentials, production settings and the .env file are red.
From the Microsoft Store or the Mac App Store. The basic version is free.
Drag your working folders into Kobel and give each one a colour. Whatever you do not drag in, Claude does not see.
Open "Connect AI" in Kobel and choose Claude. Kobel adds itself to Claude Desktop and shows you when the connection is ready.
Every folder, program and account in Kobel has exactly one of these levels. You can change it with one click at any time.
You set your colours once. They apply to every AI app you connect to Kobel.
Kobel is a desktop app for Windows and macOS. There is no Kobel server that sees your files.
Access to connected apps is stored on your device, on Windows in the system's protected key store.
The activity log shows what the AI changed and what was blocked. If you want, it records every read as well. The AI itself cannot reach it.
Yes. Kobel adds itself to Claude Desktop as its connection for files. You need no extra plugin and no browser extension.
It cannot. Claude cannot touch the content of red folders. And in Kobel an AI can never delete anything by itself anyway: every deletion is only a request that you have to confirm in Kobel. The attempt is written to the log.
Kobel checks the rules locally on your computer and sends no file content to any server. Whatever Claude reads from an allowed folder becomes part of your conversation with Claude.
Yes. Claude cannot open the content of red folders, every other folder works as usual. Your code can be green and your contracts red, side by side.
The basic version is free. Pro costs 49 euros once or 3.90 euros per month and adds more folders and features.
Install Kobel, drag in two or three folders, pick colours and connect Claude. It takes a few minutes and costs nothing.