Install brains 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": {
"spacecowboyian-brains": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"brains-mcp@1.100.0"
],
"env": {
"WIKI_DIR": "",
"STORAGE_BACKEND": "",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET",
"GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN": "YOUR_GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN",
"DRIVE_FOLDER_ID": "",
"SUPABASE_URL": "",
"SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY": "YOUR_SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY"
}
}
}
}