15 pages for --mcp-config.

Manage multiple agents with agent view Claude Code CLI · in the page agent-view …o its MCP servers, settings, and fallback model remain in effect: * `--mcp-config` and `--strict-mcp-config` * `--settings` * `--setting-sources` * `--add-dir` * `--plugin-dir` * `--fallback-model` *… Claude Code changelog Claude Code CLI · in the page changelog …utting down MCP servers added through an `--exec-path` wrapper's own `--mcp-config` when connectors change mid-session * Fixed `claude plugin eval` passing runs that the API refused: a run that ends o… CLI reference Claude Code CLI · in the page cli-reference …-and-effort). Accepts `--settings`, `--add-dir`, `--plugin-dir`, and `--mcp-config` like the top-level `claude` command. Opening agent view requires an interactive terminal… Claude Code GitHub Actions Claude Code CLI · in the page github-actions …yaml theme={null} claude_args: "--max-turns 5 --model claude-sonnet-5 --mcp-config /path/to/config.json" ``` Common arguments: * `--max-turns`: limit the number of conversation turns * `--model`: mo… Run Claude Code programmatically Claude Code CLI · in the page headless …t-file` | | Settings | `--settings <file-or-json>` | | MCP servers | `--mcp-config <file-or-json>` | | [Custom agents](/docs/en/sub-agents#choose-the-subagent-scope) | `--agents <file-or-json>` | | A… Control MCP server access for your organization Claude Code CLI · in the page managed-mcp …vers, including plugin-provided servers and servers passed with the [`--mcp-config` CLI flag](/docs/en/cli-reference#cli-flags). The file also suppresses the claude.ai connectors Claude Code fetches i… Deploy managed settings Claude Code CLI · in the page managed-settings …dflags) | Reject the `--plugin-dir`, `--plugin-url`, `--agents`, and `--mcp-config` flags at startup. In cloud sessions, Claude Code instead starts the session and drops the server-delivered `--mcp-co… Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP Claude Code CLI · in the page mcp …-output-format stream-json` runs, Claude Code also reports a skipped `--mcp-config` entry in the `system/init` event's [`mcp_server_errors` field](/docs/en/headless#stream-responses), so scripts can d… Manage mods for your organization Claude Code CLI · in the page plugins/mods/admin …ring a session from loading. The setting also rejects `--agents` and `--mcp-config`. Read [`disableSideloadFlags`](/docs/en/settings-reference#disablesideloadflags) before you set it. Mods built into… Manage Claude Code plugins for your organization Claude Code CLI · in the page plugins/org …plugin-url`, `--agents`, the Agent SDK `plugins` option, and non-SDK `--mcp-config` at startup, and rejects folders named in the [`CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS`](/docs/en/env-vars#variables) variable the s… Troubleshoot plugins Claude Code CLI · in the page plugins/troubleshooting …started `claude` with `--plugin-dir`, `--plugin-url`, `--agents`, or `--mcp-config`. Claude Code exited with this message and `Plugins, custom agents, and MCP servers can only be loaded from sources y… Customize sessions in self-hosted environments Claude Code CLI · in the page self-hosted-environments-configuration …ld shuts down any stdio, HTTP, or SSE server your wrapper adds with [`--mcp-config`](/docs/en/cli-reference#cli-flags) that isn't in the update. Requires Claude Code v2.1.299 or later. | | `ANTHROPIC_… Manage sessions Claude Code CLI · in the page sessions …lag from the original launch is restored. If the session depended on `--mcp-config`, `--settings`, `--plugin-dir`, `--fallback-model`, or directories added with `--add-dir`, pass them again when you r… Claude Code settings Claude Code CLI · in the page settings …erride a user- or policy-level `true`. Servers passed explicitly via `--mcp-config` are unaffected. To deny individual connectors instead of all of them, use [`deniedMcpServers`](/docs/en/managed-mcp)… Week 20 · May 11–15, 2026 Claude Code CLI · in the page whats-new/2026-w20 …s `claude agents` gained dispatch flags (`--add-dir`, `--settings`, `--mcp-config`, `--plugin-dir`, `--permission-mode`, `--model`, `--effort`, `--dangerously-skip-permissions`) to configure backgrou…