Claude Desktop Setup

Set Up JDoodle AI MCP with Claude

Connect JDoodle to Claude Desktop in three steps.

Claude Desktop uses the stdio MCP transport (a local process), unlike ChatGPT which uses SSE (a remote URL). This means the MCP server runs on your machine.

Install Claude Desktop

Download and install Claude Desktop if you haven't already. Make sure you have the latest version.

Download Claude Desktop

Edit Your MCP Config

Open your Claude Desktop MCP configuration file:

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

Add the following configuration (replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your JDoodle credentials from jdoodle.ai (profile icon → Settings → Manage Credentials) ):

Claude MCP Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jdoodle": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "jdoodle-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JDOODLE_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "JDOODLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

Quit and reopen Claude Desktop. You should see JDoodle listed in the MCP tools section. Start a new conversation and ask Claude to build something!

Need help? Make sure Node.js is installed on your machine (required to run npx). You can download it from nodejs.org.