Install Tribal 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": {
"tribal-memory-tribal": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1"
],
"env": {
"TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL": "",
"TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE": "",
"TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME": "",
"TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT": "http",
"TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS": "0.0.0.0:8725",
"TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8725/mcp",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}