Install polarmcp 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": {
"davidmosiah-polar-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"polar-mcp-unofficial@0.3.6"
],
"env": {
"POLAR_CLIENT_ID": "",
"POLAR_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_POLAR_CLIENT_SECRET",
"POLAR_REDIRECT_URI": "",
"POLAR_TOKEN_PATH": "",
"POLAR_PRIVACY_MODE": "",
"POLAR_CACHE": "",
"POLAR_CACHE_PATH": "",
"POLAR_NO_CACHE": ""
}
}
}
}