Install guide · Claude Desktop
Install Crunch Accounting (crunch-mcp) for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
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Needs Cursor or VS Code installed on this device. The button opens the app and asks you to confirm before it adds the server.
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.
{ "mcpServers": { "mattoddie-crunch-mcp": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "ghcr.io/mattoddie/crunch-mcp:0.4.1" ], "env": { "MCP_TRANSPORT": "", "CRUNCH_CLIENT_ID": "", "CRUNCH_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_CRUNCH_CLIENT_SECRET", "CRUNCH_REDIRECT_URI": "", "CRUNCH_REFRESH_TOKEN": "YOUR_CRUNCH_REFRESH_TOKEN", "CRUNCH_ALLOW_WRITES": "false", "CRUNCH_ALLOW_DELETES": "false", "CRUNCH_ALLOW_EMAIL": "false", "CRUNCH_TOOLSETS": "", "CRUNCH_FILES_DIR": "", "CRUNCH_AUDIT_LOG": "" } } }}
Where the config lives
| System | Path |
|---|---|
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json |
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json |
| Linux | ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json |