claude-mcp-bridge

What this does

claude-mcp-bridge exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.

Requirements

This server declares the following environment variables. Set only the ones the maker requires for your setup; this listing does not flag any of them as required:

CLAUDE_CLI_PATH
CLAUDE_DEFAULT_MODEL
CLAUDE_QUERY_MODEL
CLAUDE_STRUCTURED_MODEL
CLAUDE_SEARCH_MODEL
CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL
CLAUDE_MAX_CONCURRENT
CLAUDE_BRIDGE_USE_API_KEY
CLAUDE_MAX_BUDGET_USD
CLAUDE_QUERY_TOOLS
CLAUDE_STRUCTURED_TOOLS
CLAUDE_SEARCH_TOOLS
CLAUDE_QUERY_EFFORT
CLAUDE_SEARCH_EFFORT

Set these via the env object in your MCP config (see claude_desktop_config.json snippet above).

How do I install claude-mcp-bridge?

Run the Claude Code command in the install section to add claude-mcp-bridge to Claude Code, or copy the ready-made config for your client from the install section on this page. Restart your client afterwards and the tools appear in your next conversation.

Which clients work with claude-mcp-bridge?

This page carries setup and config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Any other MCP client that accepts a standard server config can connect to claude-mcp-bridge as well.

Does claude-mcp-bridge need an API key?

This listing does not flag an API key as required. The server can use these environment variables: CLAUDE_CLI_PATH, CLAUDE_DEFAULT_MODEL, CLAUDE_QUERY_MODEL, CLAUDE_STRUCTURED_MODEL, CLAUDE_SEARCH_MODEL, CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL, CLAUDE_MAX_CONCURRENT, CLAUDE_BRIDGE_USE_API_KEY, CLAUDE_MAX_BUDGET_USD, CLAUDE_QUERY_TOOLS, CLAUDE_STRUCTURED_TOOLS, CLAUDE_SEARCH_TOOLS, CLAUDE_QUERY_EFFORT, CLAUDE_SEARCH_EFFORT; the maker's docs say which of them your setup needs. They go in the env block of your MCP config.