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Overview

Connect your deployed MCP servers to Claude Desktop for seamless AI-powered workflows with real-time data access.

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Integration Architecture

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Setup Process

1

Deploy Server

ntcli server deploy nationalparks-mcp
2

Set Secret

ntcli secrets set NPS_API_KEY [YOUR_API_KEY]
3

Generate Config

ntcli server claude-config nationalparks-mcp
Example Output:
⠋ 🔧 Generating Claude Desktop config for nationalparks-mcp...
✔ ✅ Claude Desktop config generated for nationalparks-mcp

📋 Claude Desktop MCP Configuration:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "echo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@nimbletools/mcp-http-bridge",
        "--endpoint",
        "https://mcp.nimbletools.ai/v1/workspaces/89d4769a-d093-411f-987c-782216903383/servers/nationalparks-mcp/mcp",
        "--token",
        "eyJhbGci...."
      ],
      "auth": null,
      "oauth": false
    }
  }
}
4

Update Claude Config

Copy the JSON output to your claude_desktop_config.json file (see locations below)
5

Restart Claude

Restart Claude Desktop to load the new configuration

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Configuration Locations

  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Windows
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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Testing Integration

Ask Claude to use your deployed tools:
  • “Find national parks in Wyoming”
  • “Get the current stock price for Apple”
  • “Reverse this text: Hello World”

Claude Desktop Example

Complete integration walkthrough

Troubleshooting

Common integration issues
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