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mcp/mcp-remote-macos-use/install/claude-desktop

install mcp-remote-macos-use on Claude Desktop

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 mcp-remote-macos-use.

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": {
    "remote-macos-use": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "-e",
        "MACOS_USERNAME=your_macos_username",
        "-e",
        "MACOS_PASSWORD=your_macos_password",
        "-e",
        "MACOS_HOST=your_macos_hostname_or_ip",
        "--rm",
        "buryhuang/mcp-remote-macos-use:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}
then: Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd/Ctrl+Q) and reopen it.
other clients
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