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Install Basis for Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.

Official Claude Desktop docs
Add to Cursor: BasisInstall in VS Code: BasisInstall in VS Code Insiders: Basis

Needs Cursor or VS Code installed on this device. The button opens the app and asks you to confirm before it adds the server.

  1. 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.

  2. Paste the JSON config below.

  3. Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{  "mcpServers": {    "brandonkrull-mcp": {      "command": "npx",      "args": [        "-y",        "@basis1/mcp@0.3.1"      ],      "env": {        "BASIS_API_KEY": "YOUR_BASIS_API_KEY",        "BASIS_BASE_URL": "https://api.basis1.tech"      }    }  }}

Where the config lives

SystemPath
macOS~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json