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21 changes: 11 additions & 10 deletions app/en/home/mcp-clients/claude-desktop/page.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -17,21 +17,22 @@ In this guide, you'll learn how to connect Claude Desktop to a local Arcade serv

1. Download and open [Claude Desktop](https://claude.ai/download)
2. Claude Menu --> "Settings" --> "Developer" --> "Edit Config"
3. Follow the guide [here](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11175166-getting-started-with-custom-connectors-using-remote-mcp)
3. This will create a configuration file at:
- On Mac: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
- On Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
4. Open the configuration file and replace the file contents with this:
* Give your MCP server a name, like `mcp-arcade`
* Use the the URL of your MCP Gateway.
* Add the API key as the bearer token within the `Authorization` header, and the email address that you used to sign up for the Arcade account as the `Arcade-User-ID` header

Replace `YOUR_ARCADE_API_KEY_HERE` with your actual Arcade API key and `/path/to/python` with the path to your Python interpreter and `/path/to/arcade` with the path to the Arcade package.

```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"arcade-mcp": {
"url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer {arcade_api_key}",
"Arcade-User-ID": "{arcade_user_id}"
}
"arcade-stdio": {
"command": "bash",
"args": [
"-c",
"export ARCADE_API_KEY=YOUR_ARCADE_API_KEY_HERE && /path/to/python /path/to/arcade serve --mcp"
]
}
}
}
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