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mcp/electron-mcp-server/install

install electron-mcp-server

pick your MCP client below. snippets, file paths and reload steps included.

source: extracted from upstream README — github.com/halilural/electron-mcp-server

paste into

macos: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "electron": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "electron-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SECURITY_LEVEL": "balanced",
        "SCREENSHOT_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "your-32-byte-hex-string"
      }
    }
  }
}

then: Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd/Ctrl+Q) and reopen it.

prefer a direct link? /mcp/electron-mcp-server/install/claude-desktop →

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