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Best practices for Claude Code Claude Code CLI · in the page best-practices …to solve A, B, C.` ### Connect MCP servers > [!TIP] > > Run `claude mcp add` with a server name and URL or command to connect external tools like Notion, Figma, or your database. For example: `claud… Claude Code changelog Claude Code CLI · in the page changelog …g some awk programs the isolation guard should refuse * Fixed `claude mcp add <name> -- <command> --background` being started as a background session * Fixed a prompt or reply of `--bg` or `--backgrou… Explore the .claude directory Claude Code CLI · in the page claude-directory …inside <C>.claude/</C></>, <>For servers only you need, run <C>claude mcp add --scope user</C>. This writes to <C>~/.claude.json</C> instead of <C>.mcp.json</C></>], exampleIntro: <>This examp… Configure cloud environments Claude Code CLI · in the page cloud-environments …settings.json` on your machine | | MCP servers you added with `claude mcp add` at the default local scope or the user scope | No | Those write to `~/.claude.json` on your machine, not the repo. Add th… Debug your configuration Claude Code CLI · in the page debug-your-config …project servers in `.mcp.json` at the repository root, or run `claude mcp add --scope user` for user-scoped servers. See [MCP configuration](/docs/en/mcp.md). | | Project MCP server added but doesn't… Desktop application Claude Code CLI · in the page desktop …not read `claude_desktop_config.json`. On macOS and WSL, run `claude mcp add-from-claude-desktop` to copy those servers into `~/.claude.json`. See [Import MCP servers from Claude Desktop](/docs/en/mc… Glossary Claude Code CLI · in the page glossary …s of the word are unrelated: `claude` CLI subcommands such as `claude mcp add`, listed in the [CLI reference](/docs/en/cli-reference.md#cli-commands), and the `command` field of a stdio [MCP server](#… Control MCP server access for your organization Claude Code CLI · in the page managed-mcp …the approved-catalog pattern, share the approved list and its `claude mcp add` commands somewhere your users will find them, such as an internal wiki, or distribute the servers as plugins through a [m… Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP Claude Code CLI · in the page mcp …aude Code, so you can add any remote server listed there with `claude mcp add`. > [!WARNING] > > Verify you trust each server before connecting it. Servers that fetch external content can expose you… Connect to MCP servers Claude Code CLI · in the page mcp-quickstart …e server before starting a conversation. ```bash theme={null} claude mcp add --transport http claude-code-docs https://code.claude.com/docs/mcp ``` The parts of the command: * `claude mcp add`: reg… Manage Claude Code plugins for your organization Claude Code CLI · in the page plugins/org …iables) variable the same way | Doesn't restrict `.mcp.json`, `claude mcp add`, or SDK-provided servers. Pair it with [`allowedMcpServers`](/docs/en/managed-mcp) | | `disableCommandPluginSources` | Bl… Automate work with scheduled tasks Claude Code CLI · in the page routines …n your account. MCP servers you added locally in the CLI with `claude mcp add` are stored on your machine rather than your claude.ai account, so they do not appear in the connectors list. To use one o… Customize sessions in self-hosted environments Claude Code CLI · in the page self-hosted-environments-configuration …in every session, add them at image build time with the same `claude mcp add` command used on a desktop install. If your runner is a bare process rather than a container, run the same command as the… Claude Code settings Claude Code CLI · in the page settings …e Agent SDK and VS Code extension keep working. Doesn't block `claude mcp add`, `.mcp.json`, or SDK `setMcpServers()`; pair with [`allowedMcpServers`](/docs/en/managed-mcp) for per-server MCP control.… Use Claude Code in VS Code Claude Code CLI · in the page vs-code …Run the install once and the commands on this page, including `claude mcp add` and `claude --resume`, work in any terminal. If `claude` is still not found after installing, [verify your PATH](/docs/en… Lazy authentication for MCP servers Claude Documentation · in the page connectors/building/lazy-authentication …server's project folder, add the server: ```bash theme={null} claude mcp add --transport http authtest http://localhost:3000/mcp ``` Then check the connection: ```bash theme={null} claude mcp list… Build your first MCP server for Claude Claude Documentation · in the page connectors/building/quickstart …our second terminal from the `mcp-quickstart` folder, because `claude mcp add` saves the server for the current project folder by default, and Claude Code only sees it when you run from that same fold… Code in Claude Desktop on 3P Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/code …de Code's side (`~/.claude.json`, a project's `.mcp.json`, or `claude mcp add`); your managed servers, which the app connects and supplies to the session itself, and MCP servers bundled in plugins sti… Configuration reference Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/configuration …tion-file servers (`~/.claude.json`, a project's `.mcp.json`, `claude mcp add`) are never connected. With the key set, the desktop starts no plugin server on the computer itself, whatever the entries… MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/extensions …configuration (`~/.claude.json`, a project's `.mcp.json`, or `claude mcp add`). To limit plugin-bundled servers, see [Controlling user extensions](#controlling-user-extensions). To limit the servers…