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Specification and documentation for the Model Context Protocol

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Install in Claude Code / Claude Desktop
Method: Manual
Claude Code CLI
git clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol
claude_desktop_config.json (Claude Desktop)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "modelcontextprotocol": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/modelcontextprotocol/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}
1. Run the command above in your terminal (Claude Code), or paste the JSON config into claude_desktop_config.json (Claude Desktop).
2. Replace any <placeholder> values with your API keys or paths.
3. Restart Claude. The MCP server and its tools appear automatically.
💡 Clone https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol and follow its README for install instructions.
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# Model Context Protocol (MCP)

_Just heard of MCP and not sure where to start? Check out our [documentation website](https://modelcontextprotocol.io)._

This repo contains the:

- MCP specification
- MCP protocol schema
- Official MCP documentation

The schema is [defined in TypeScript](schema/2025-11-25/schema.ts) first, but
[made available as JSON Schema](schema/2025-11-25/schema.json) as well, for wider
compatibility.

The official MCP documentation is built using Mintlify and available at
[modelcontextprotocol.io](https://modelcontextprotocol.io).

## Authors

The Model Context Protocol was created by David Soria Parra ([@dsp](https://github.com/dsp)) and Justin Spahr-Summers ([@jspahrsummers](https://github.com/jspahrsummers)).

## Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md).

## License

This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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