Install IBM watsonx.ai Granite 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": {
"nirholas-ibm-watsonx-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@three-ws/ibm-watsonx-mcp@0.2.2"
],
"env": {
"WATSONX_API_KEY": "YOUR_WATSONX_API_KEY",
"WATSONX_PROJECT_ID": "",
"WATSONX_SPACE_ID": "",
"WATSONX_URL": "",
"WATSONX_MODEL_ID": "",
"WATSONX_EMBED_MODEL_ID": "",
"WATSONX_API_VERSION": ""
}
}
}
}