Install MANNA 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": {
"nsf-simons-cosmicai-institute-manna": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"manna-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MANNA_ARCHIVES": "",
"MANNA_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "",
"MANNA_LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
"MANNA_INLINE_ROW_LIMIT": "200"
}
}
}
}