Install GOV Historical Gazetteer 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": {
"ianderso-gov-gazetteer-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"gov-gazetteer-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOV_GAZETTEER_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/gov-gazetteer-mcp",
"GOV_GAZETTEER_TIMEOUT": "30",
"GOV_GAZETTEER_MIN_INTERVAL": "1",
"GOV_GAZETTEER_CONTACT": ""
}
}
}
}