Install mcp-piazza 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": {
"jadenpxrk-mcp-piazza": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-piazza"
],
"env": {
"PIAZZA_EMAIL": "",
"PIAZZA_PASSWORD": "YOUR_PIAZZA_PASSWORD",
"PIAZZA_COOKIE_FILE": "~/.config/mcp-piazza/cookies.json",
"PIAZZA_ANONYMIZE_STUDENTS": "false",
"PIAZZA_FENCE_CONTENT": "true",
"PIAZZA_MIN_INTERVAL": "0.5",
"PIAZZA_CACHE_TTL": "60"
}
}
}
}