Requires the runtime declared in the upstream repo — check the README before running. Claude Desktop only speaks stdio locally; HTTP servers are wrapped via npx mcp-remote automatically. Paste the config below, then follow the reload step to register Help Scout MCP Server.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json{
"mcpServers": {
"helpscout": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"help-scout-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HELPSCOUT_APP_ID": "your-app-id",
"HELPSCOUT_APP_SECRET": "your-app-secret"
}
}
}
}