What you need
Claude Desktop, and one server from this directory.
Steps
- Open a server page and copy the Claude Desktop JSON.
- Open Claude Desktop Settings, then Developer, then Edit Config. That opens
claude_desktop_config.json. - Paste the server under
mcpServers. Save the file. - Fully quit Claude Desktop and open it again. The server should show under the hammer icon.
- Ask Claude to use one tool. If the config is wrong, paste it into the free config checker on this site.
If it fails
- Claude Desktop only reads the config at launch. Quit fully, do not only close the window.
- Local servers need the binary on PATH for the account that runs Claude.
- Remote servers need a reachable URL. Test the URL in a browser first.