Setup MCP Servers on Claude Code

I’ve been using Claude Code to accelerate my development. It’s expensive and impressive! I’m finding Model Context Protocol servers quite useful…

MCP Warning

Example of Implementing designs with Figma MCP Server.

Where to find servers?

First, check if what you need is available here. Heaps of options to choose from. I like MCP Server Finder

Or ask an AI agent to write one for you. 😃

Per project

Simple, add a file called .mcp.json in the root of your project and Claude will load it automagically.typically serve as a simple wrapper to run commands or call APIS

Example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sequentialthinking": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "mcp/sequentialthinking"
      ]
    },
    "fetch": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/fetch"]
    },
    "git": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "--mount", "type=bind,src=./,dst=./", "mcp/git"]
    },
    "framelink-figma-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "figma-developer-mcp",
        "--stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Adding MCP to Claude manually (available on any project)

Command helper: claude mcp add-json <name-of-mcp> "$(pbpaste)"

Example installing mcp fetch

Prepare the command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json mcp-fetch "$(pbpaste)"

Copy the internal MCP configuration and change what you need. For example, from:

"mcpServers": {
  "fetch": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
  }
}

Select and copy this bit to your clipboard:

{
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
}

Run the command.