Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor or VS Code

Desktop apps and code editors read the LanaChat server from a JSON file. Find your app below, copy its block, replace YOUR_MCP_TOKEN with your token (guide), save, and restart the app.

Using Claude Code in a terminal? One command is enough (guide):

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user lanachat https://api.lanachat.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_MCP_TOKEN"

Claude Desktop #

Claude Desktop starts local servers only, so it reaches LanaChat through the small mcp-remote bridge. The bridge needs Node.js 18 or later on your computer.

1. Open Claude Desktop, then Settings › Developer › Edit Config. This opens the file:
   • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
2. Put this in the file (if it already has an mcpServers block, add only the lanachat part inside it):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lanachat": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.lanachat.ai/mcp", "--header", "Authorization:${LANACHAT_AUTH}"],
      "env": { "LANACHAT_AUTH": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Save, quit Claude Desktop completely, and open it again.

In a new chat, open the tools menu: lanachat is listed with its tools.

Cursor #

1. Open the file ~/.cursor/mcp.json (for every project) or .cursor/mcp.json in one project. Create it if it does not exist.
2. Add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lanachat": {
      "url": "https://api.lanachat.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_MCP_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Save, then open Settings › MCP in Cursor and turn lanachat on.

VS Code #

VS Code can ask for the token when it starts the server, so the token never sits in the file.

1. In your project, create the file .vscode/mcp.json.
2. Add:

{
  "inputs": [
    { "type": "promptString", "id": "lanachat-token", "description": "LanaChat MCP token", "password": true }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "lanachat": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.lanachat.ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:lanachat-token}" }
    }
  }
}

Save. Press Start above lanachat in the file, paste the token when VS Code asks, and press Enter.

Open the chat in agent mode: the LanaChat tools are in the tools list.

Next: test the connection.