Connecting other clients¶

Client	Format name	Where the file goes
Claude Desktop	`claude`	Linux `~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
Claude Code	`claude-code`	`.mcp.json` in a project, or `claude mcp add` (Connecting Claude Code)
Cursor	`cursor`	Linux `~/.config/Cursor/User/mcp.json` (or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` if that exists)
VS Code / GitHub Copilot	`vscode` (alias `copilot`)	Linux `~/.config/Code/User/mcp.json` (the user profile)

Download¶

From the catalog use Download Config or View & Copy, or:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
     https://mcprack.example.com/api/v1/me/config/cursor
sudo mcprack user config download alice vscode --out mcp.json

user config download creates the file with mode 0600.

Warning

The claude, cursor, copilot and vscode formats carry the signed path token inside every URL. The file is a credential: do not commit it.

Keep it in sync¶

Instead of downloading by hand, run a sync tool: mcprack-sync-claude, mcprack-sync-cursor, mcprack-sync-vscode.

Claude Desktop remote servers¶

Whether Claude Desktop accepts a remote url entry in claude_desktop_config.json depends on its version; on versions that do not, add the server in the application’s connector dialog using the name and URL shown in the catalog (each selected server has a copy button).