Install MCP Retrieval 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": {
"role1776-mcp-retrieval": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.9"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio",
"MCP_NAME": "mcp-retrieval",
"MCP_PATH": "/mcp",
"SERVER_PORT": "8080",
"SERVER_READ_TIMEOUT": "60s",
"SERVER_WRITE_TIMEOUT": "60s",
"LOG_MODE": "local",
"MAX_IDLE_CONNS_PER_HOST": "100",
"MAX_QUERIES": "10",
"DEFAULT_RESULTS": "5",
"MAX_RESULTS": "20",
"DEFAULT_IMAGES": "5",
"MAX_IMAGES": "10",
"DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS": "5000",
"MIN_TIMEOUT_MS": "1000",
"MAX_TIMEOUT_MS": "10000",
"DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_CHARS": "20000",
"MAX_DOCUMENT_CHARS": "20000",
"PROXY_SCHEME": "",
"PROXY_HOST": "",
"PROXY_PORT": "",
"PROXY_LOGIN": "YOUR_PROXY_LOGIN",
"PROXY_PASSWORD": "YOUR_PROXY_PASSWORD"
}
}
}
}