Summary  
This chapter teaches how to register and launch external servers by using NPX to run Node.js packages and editing a JSON configuration file to specify server commands and arguments.  

General domain of usage  
File system integration

To set up the MCP server, you'll need **Claude Desktop**, a dedicated app that runs Claude models locally on your computer. You'll also need **Node.js** installed to use **npx** for downloading MCP servers.

Once everything is set up, open **Claude Desktop**, go to the **Settings** menu, and open the **Developer** tab. Click **Edit Config** to access the configuration file. This is where you'll add **MCP servers** using configurations similar to the example below.


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Now you can visit <a href="https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src" target="_blank"><svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 30 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path fill="none" stroke="#098f67" style="stroke: var(--color1, #098f67)" stroke-linejoin="miter" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-miterlimit="4" stroke-width="2.4156" d="M17.289 17.305v0c-1.754 1.754-4.597 1.754-6.351 0l-7.76-7.759c-1.755-1.755-1.755-4.601 0-6.356v0c1.753-1.753 4.595-1.756 6.351-0.005l6.208 6.187"></path><path fill="none" stroke="#098f67" style="stroke: var(--color1, #098f67)" stroke-linejoin="miter" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-miterlimit="4" stroke-width="2.4156" d="M12.504 13.97v0c1.754-1.754 4.597-1.754 6.351 0l7.762 7.762c1.754 1.754 1.754 4.597 0 6.351v0c-1.754 1.754-4.597 1.754-6.351 0l-5.953-5.953"></path></svg>github page</a>  and choose one of the MCP servers of your liking and needs. Or you can copy and paste the configuration below. This MCP server is for filesystem, you can see that it in the `args` second one in `"@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"`

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Change `/path_to_directories` to the **actual path** of the directory you want Claude to work in — for example, `/Users/yourname/Desktop`. You can **add multiple directories** by listing each one separately in the configuration file, as shown in the `args.json` file. These are the **authorized locations** where Claude will be able to **access and interact with your files**.

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Getting Started with MCP Servers

Getting Started with MCP Servers