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Claude Desktop Configuration

MCP Server Prerequisites

Before you can configure Claude Desktop to use the Flowcore MCP Servers, you need to have the following prerequisites:

  • A Flowcore Personal Access Token (PAT)
  • A Flowcore API Key (for MCP ingestion, this is optional but recommended)

Flowcore Personal Access Token (PAT)

To create a Flowcore Personal Access Token (PAT), you can run the following CLI command:

Terminal window
flowcore auth new pat <name you want to give to the token>

Flowcore API Key

To create a Flowcore API Key, you can run the following CLI command:

Terminal window
flowcore auth new key -t <tenant> <name you want to give to the api key>

Claude Desktop

To configure Claude Desktop to use the Flowcore MCP Server you can follow the steps below.

  1. Go to Claude Desktop Settings, and Click on the “Developer” tab:

    Claude Settings
  2. Click on the “Edit Config” button:

    Claude Developer Tab
  3. Click on the “Desktop Config” tab:

    Claude Desktop Config
  4. Open the “claude_desktop_config.json” file and add the following configuration:

    {
    "mcpServers": {
    "flowcore": {
    "name": "Flowcore MCP Server",
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
    "-y",
    "@flowcore/platform-mcp-server@latest",
    "--username",
    "<your-flowcore-username>",
    "--pat",
    "<your-flowcore-personal-access-token>",
    "--apiKey",
    "<your-api-key>"
    ]
    }
    }
    }
  5. For the Flowcore Read Model MCP Server, you can add the following configuration:

    {
    "mcpServers": {
    "flowcore": {
    "name": "Flowcore MCP Server",
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
    "-y",
    "@flowcore/@flowcore/local-read-model-mcp-server@latest",
    "--username",
    "<your-flowcore-username>",
    "--pat",
    "<your-flowcore-personal-access-token>"
    ]
    }
    }
    }