Install Self-hosted GitHub MCP server for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"adelaidasofia-github-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"https://github.com/adelaidasofia/github-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/github-mcp.mcpb"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}