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Claude Desktop — Anthropic’s MCP-ready chat app for tool-using conversations.
- IDE & Code Editors
- macOS
- Windows
- #desktop
- #anthropic
- #chat
- #mcp
About
Claude Desktop is Anthropic’s chat client and one of the first mainstream MCP hosts. Connect local MCP servers so Claude can use your files, browser, calendars, databases, and custom tools during a conversation.
It’s the simplest way to try community MCP servers: add JSON config, restart the app, and tools show up in chat.
Highlights
- Official Anthropic desktop client with MCP support
- Local stdio MCP servers via claude_desktop_config.json
- Strong tool-use for research, coding, and ops workflows
Details
- Author
- Anthropic
- Category
- IDE & Code Editors
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows
- Website
- claude.ai/download
- Docs
- Official docs
- Repository
- anthropics/claude-quickstarts
- Config path
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS)
Connect MCP to Claude Desktop
Config file: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS)
- Install Claude Desktop from claude.ai/download
- Open the config file (or use Settings → Developer)
- Add your servers under `mcpServers`
- Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop
Note: On Windows the config lives under %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json.
Example MCP config
{
"mcpServers": {
"filesystem": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/path/to/allowed"]
}
}
}Looking for servers to connect? Browse MCP servers for Claude
