Install alces-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": {
"moosejudge-alces-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"alces-mcp@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"JIRA_URL": "",
"JIRA_USER_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_USER_TOKEN",
"JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN": "YOUR_JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN",
"JIRA_TIMEOUT_MS": "30000",
"ALCES_TOOL_GROUPS": "core-issues",
"ALCES_TOKEN_ESCALATION_DOMAINS": "",
"JIRA_SESSION_USERNAME": "",
"JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD": "YOUR_JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD"
}
}
}
}