Install Tailscale Compute 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": {
"dylantirandaz-tailscale-compute-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp@0.1.0-beta.3"
],
"env": {
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST": "",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT": "",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT": "",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL": "",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "",
"TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG": ""
}
}
}
}