Install NARA Catalog 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-nara-catalog-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nara-catalog-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NARA_API_KEY": "YOUR_NARA_API_KEY",
"NARA_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/nara-catalog-mcp",
"NARA_TIMEOUT": "60",
"NARA_MONTHLY_CALL_BUDGET": "10000"
}
}
}
}