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Quickstart for Claude Desktop

This guide provides sample instructions to get you up and running with our MCP Server using the Claude Desktop app.

Install Claude Desktop

Download the Claude Desktop appExternal LinkThis link leads to an external website and will open in a new tab and install it.

Claude Desktop is available for Windows and Mac.

Install Python

Download and install the Python programming languageExternal LinkThis link leads to an external website and will open in a new tab for your operating system.

Install uv

Install the uv Python package and project manager. This manager is recommended for running Python based MCP servers with Claude.

Follow the official installation instructionsExternal LinkThis link leads to an external website and will open in a new tab for your operating system.

Install Files.com MCP Server

Prepare a virtual environment for the installation:

uv venv

Install our MCP Server using uvx to manage the package installation:

uvx pip install files-com-mcp

Configure Claude Desktop

The configuration file for Claude DesktopExternal LinkThis link leads to an external website and will open in a new tab needs to be updated to tell it to use our MCP Server.

The configuration file can be found at:

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Edit the configuration file to include the following json code:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Files.com": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "files-com-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FILES_COM_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Make sure to replace YOUR_API_KEY with an API Key from your Files.com site.

Debugging

Claude Desktop provides debugging informationExternal LinkThis link leads to an external website and will open in a new tab to help you troubleshoot issues and verify connectivity with its AI and any installed MCP tools.

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