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280280* **Claude Code desktop app**: add servers through the [Connectors UI](/docs/en/desktop#connect-external-tools).
281281* **Claude Desktop chat app**: a separate app from Claude Code. To copy servers from its `claude_desktop_config.json` into the CLI, run `claude mcp add-from-claude-desktop` on macOS or WSL.
282282* **VS Code**: see [Connect to external tools with MCP](/docs/en/vs-code#connect-to-external-tools-with-mcp).
283* **Claude Code on the web**: reads `.mcp.json` from your repository. See [Edit .mcp.json directly](#edit-mcp-json-directly).
283* **Cloud sessions**: commit a `.mcp.json` to your repository. See [Edit .mcp.json directly](#edit-mcp-json-directly).
284284* **Claude.ai**: connectors you add at [claude.ai/customize/connectors](https://claude.ai/customize/connectors) load automatically in the CLI when you sign in with that account. See [Use MCP servers from Claude.ai](/docs/en/mcp#use-mcp-servers-from-claude-ai).
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