Model Context Protocol (MCP) 1 · Connecting to Claude Desktop

Add a server to Claude Desktop

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop. On macOS the file is in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "demo": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/server.py"]
    }
  }
}

Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) 1 documentation

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