Install Umbraco-CMS-MCP-Dev 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": {
"umbraco-umbraco-cms-mcp-dev": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@umbraco-cms/mcp-dev@18.0.1"
],
"env": {
"UMBRACO_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_UMBRACO_CLIENT_ID",
"UMBRACO_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_UMBRACO_CLIENT_SECRET",
"UMBRACO_BASE_URL": "",
"UMBRACO_INCLUDE_TOOL_COLLECTIONS": "",
"UMBRACO_READONLY": ""
}
}
}
}