Install transkribus 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": {
"lazyants-transkribus-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@lazyants/transkribus-mcp-server@4.1.0"
],
"env": {
"TRANSKRIBUS_USER": "",
"TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD": "YOUR_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD",
"TRANSKRIBUS_SESSION_ID": "YOUR_TRANSKRIBUS_SESSION_ID",
"TRANSKRIBUS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_TRANSKRIBUS_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"TRANSKRIBUS_KEYRING_SERVICE": "transkribus-mcp"
}
}
}
}