Claude Desktop Setup¶

Add MCP Registry awareness to Claude Desktop in 2 minutes.

Prerequisites¶

• Claude Desktop installed
• Go 1.24+ installed

Installation¶

1. Install the MCP Server¶

go install github.com/nirholas/mcp-notify/cmd/mcp-notify-mcp@latest

Verify it's installed:

which mcp-notify-mcp
# Should output: /Users/you/go/bin/mcp-notify-mcp

2. Configure Claude Desktop¶

Open your Claude Desktop configuration file:

open ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP server configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-notify": {
      "command": "/full/path/to/mcp-notify-mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop¶

Quit and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new MCP server.

4. Verify It's Working¶

In Claude Desktop, look for the 🔌 icon in the toolbar. Click it to see connected MCP servers.

Try a query:

"Search the MCP registry for database servers"

Available Tools¶

Once connected, Claude can use these tools:

search_servers¶

Search for MCP servers by keyword.

You: Find MCP servers for working with databases
Claude: [Uses search_servers with query "database"]

get_server¶

Get detailed information about a specific server.

You: Tell me about the filesystem MCP server
Claude: [Uses get_server with name "filesystem"]

list_servers¶

List all servers in the registry.

You: How many MCP servers are available?
Claude: [Uses list_servers, then summarizes]

get_stats¶

Get registry statistics.

You: Show me MCP registry statistics
Claude: [Uses get_stats]

Example Session¶

Here's a sample conversation with Claude using the MCP Registry:

You: I need an MCP server for working with Slack. What's available?

Claude: Let me search the MCP registry for Slack-related servers.

I found 2 servers related to Slack:

1. slack (v1.0.0)
2. Official Slack integration for sending and reading messages

3. Repository: github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers

4. slack-advanced (v0.2.0)

5. Advanced Slack features including threads and reactions
6. Repository: github.com/community/slack-advanced

Would you like more details about either of these?

You: Tell me more about the official slack server

Claude: Here are the details for the official Slack MCP server:

Capabilities: - Send messages to channels - Read channel history - List channels and users - Upload files

Would you like help setting this up?

Troubleshooting¶

chmod +x $(which mcp-notify-mcp)