Install thebrain 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": {
"ybookoff-thebrain-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"thebrain-mcp-server@0.3.0"
],
"env": {
"THEBRAIN_API_KEY": "YOUR_THEBRAIN_API_KEY",
"THEBRAIN_BASE_URL": "",
"THEBRAIN_DATA_DIR": "",
"THEBRAIN_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "",
"THEBRAIN_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "",
"THEBRAIN_EMBEDDING_DTYPE": "",
"THEBRAIN_TIMEOUT_MS": ""
}
}
}
}