Install claude-mcp-bridge 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": {
"hampsterx-claude-mcp-bridge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"claude-mcp-bridge@0.7.1"
],
"env": {
"CLAUDE_CLI_PATH": "claude",
"CLAUDE_DEFAULT_MODEL": "",
"CLAUDE_QUERY_MODEL": "sonnet",
"CLAUDE_STRUCTURED_MODEL": "sonnet",
"CLAUDE_SEARCH_MODEL": "sonnet",
"CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "haiku",
"CLAUDE_MAX_CONCURRENT": "3",
"CLAUDE_BRIDGE_USE_API_KEY": "0",
"CLAUDE_MAX_BUDGET_USD": "",
"CLAUDE_QUERY_EFFORT": "",
"CLAUDE_SEARCH_EFFORT": ""
}
}
}
}