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mcp/census-mcp-server-1/install/claude-code

install census-mcp-server on Claude Code

Requires the runtime declared in the upstream repo — check the README before running. Claude Code persists MCP servers via its CLI — no config file to edit, just run the command below once. Paste the config below, then follow the reload step to register census-mcp-server.

run this in your terminal
cli: Run the command below in your terminal — Claude Code persists it for you.
claude mcp add census-mcp-server --env MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=stdio --env MCP_LOG_LEVEL=info --env CENSUS_API_KEY=your-census-api-key -- bunx census-mcp-server@latest
then: No reload needed — the next session picks up the new server.
other clients
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