Install Tailscale 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": {
"tailscale-mcp-tailscale-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp@2.0.3"
],
"env": {
"TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY",
"TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "",
"TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET",
"TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "",
"TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "core",
"TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "false",
"TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "false"
}
}
}
}