Configuration File

Claude Desktop from Anthropic can talk to MCPShell running in http mode on localhost.

Prerequisites

None.

Basic Structure

The configuration file for Claude Desktop is typically located in ~/.config/Claude as claude_desktop_config.json. Below are the basic elements required in the file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpshell-http": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "http://localhost:3333/sse"]
    }
  }
}