Connect Claude Desktop

Wire Claude Desktop to your Connect AI tool catalog.

Edit your config

File location:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "connect-ai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://us-central1-cortexconnectplatform.cloudfunctions.net/mcpServer",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "--header",
        "X-Cortex-Client-Id:YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

Quit completely. Re-open. The Connect AI tools appear in the tool drawer (plug icon, lower-right of the message box).

First call

Try: "Search my Connect AI tools for anything related to scheduling meetings." Claude will call sys_search_tools automatically.

Per-end-user isolation

By default, Claude Desktop calls run under your AI Client's default end-user context. To isolate per real human, deploy a thin proxy in front that injects X-Cortex-User-Id per session.