Install nvidia-nim-mcp 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": {
"david-eve-za-nvidia-nim-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"nvidia-nim-mcp@2.1.2"
],
"env": {
"NVIDIA_API_KEY": "YOUR_NVIDIA_API_KEY",
"NVIDIA_NIM_BASE_URL": "",
"NVIDIA_AI_FOUNDATION_URL": "",
"DEFAULT_MODEL": "",
"ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATION": "",
"ENABLE_VISION": "",
"ENABLE_MULTIMODAL": ""
}
}
}
}