Claude Desktop (macOS)

Claude Desktop supports remote MCP servers either through the Connectors UI or by editing the config file directly. The config file approach is shown here for parity with other editors.

Open Developer settings

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer.

Edit config

Click Edit Config. Find claude_desktop_config.json and open it with a text editor.

Add the server

You will see something like this:

{
  "preferences": {
    "coworkScheduledTasksEnabled": true,
    "sidebarMode": "task"
  }
}

Add a comma after the preferences closing brace, then paste the mcpServers block:

{
  "preferences": {
    "coworkScheduledTasksEnabled": true,
    "sidebarMode": "task"
  },
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfinance-tech": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.openfinance.tech/agent/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "open_xxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

If you only need public tools, drop the headers object entirely.

Quit Claude fully

Click Claude in the menu bar → Quit Claude (or press Cmd+Q).

Reopen and verify

Reopen Claude Desktop. Start a new conversation, you should see a hammer icon in the chat input area.

Closing the window is not enough, you must fully quit the app for Claude Desktop to pick up the new config.

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Claude Desktop (macOS)