Install cortex-gateway 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": {
"wellknownmcp-cortex-gateway": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/wellknownmcp/cortex-gateway:v0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"CORTEX_CANONICAL_URI": "",
"OAUTH_ISSUER": "",
"CORTEX_BACKENDS": "",
"CORTEX_TECHNICAL_TOKEN": "YOUR_CORTEX_TECHNICAL_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}