Install Audiobookshelf MCP 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": {
"jeeftor-abs-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/jeeftor/abs-mcp:0.6.0"
],
"env": {
"ABS_BASE_URL": "",
"ABS_API_KEY": "YOUR_ABS_API_KEY",
"ABS_READ_ONLY": "true",
"ABS_TIMEOUT": "30s",
"ABS_FIXTURE_DIR": "test/abs",
"ABS_EXTRA_HEADERS_FILE": "",
"ABS_TLS_CA_CERT_FILE": "",
"ABS_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY": "false",
"ABS_TRANSPORT": "stdio",
"ABS_HTTP_ADDR": "127.0.0.1:3333",
"ABS_HTTP_PATH": "/mcp",
"ABS_HTTP_BEARER_TOKEN": "YOUR_ABS_HTTP_BEARER_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}