Claude Desktop Integration
Add OpenContext MCP to your Claude Desktop configuration.
Configuration
Edit your claude_desktop_config.json file:
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"opencontext": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "opencontext-mcp"]
}
}
}Steps
1
Open Claude Desktop config
Navigate to the config file location for your OS.
2
Add MCP configuration
Add the mcpServers section as shown above.
3
Restart Claude Desktop
Quit and reopen Claude Desktop to load the MCP server.
Verify
After restarting, Claude Desktop will have access to OpenContext tools. Try asking:
example
"List all available context topics"
"Save our coding conventions under topic coding_rules"