Desktop app
Use the optional Elaichi desktop app to enable your MCP servers in Claude Desktop and Cursor without editing JSON by hand.
Where to find it: Install the Elaichi desktop app on your computer — it sits in the menu bar or system tray once signed in.
Connecting an AI client normally means finding a configuration file, editing it correctly, and restarting the client. The desktop app does that for you while signed in as you.
What it shows
Tabs include:
| Tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Servers | Your MCP servers (same set as the web MCP Servers page) |
| Toolboxes | Your user toolboxes |
| Settings | Account / app preferences |
Per server, you can enable or disable each supported client. If a client isn’t installed, the app may show Not detected. If the on-disk config drifted from Elaichi, you may see Update.
Only your toolboxes and servers appear — the same permission boundary as the web app.
What it writes
| Client | Config file | How the server is registered |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Desktop | claude_desktop_config.json under the Claude application support / config directory for your OS (for example macOS ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/) |
Entry under mcpServers that launches npx -y mcp-remote <url> --transport http-only |
| Cursor | ~/.cursor/mcp.json |
Native MCP entry with "url": "…" (and headers when required) |
The writer upserts or removes only the Elaichi server entry and preserves sibling keys. It backs up the file before writing.
Claude Desktop and Cursor are supported today. Copying the URL into any other MCP client by hand still works.
Set up a client
- Install the desktop app and sign in with your Elaichi account (same sign-in as the browser).
- Open Servers and choose the MCP server.
- Enable Claude Desktop and/or Cursor.
- Restart Claude Desktop, or reload MCP in Cursor, so the client picks up the change.
To turn a server off, disable it in the app — the matching entry is removed from that client’s config without wiping unrelated servers.
Good to know
- Create the MCP server in the web app first (token shown once), then enable it here — or paste a URL if the app offers that path for an unknown server.
- Most clients only read configuration at startup; restart or reload if tools don’t appear.
- The desktop app is optional. Manual paste of the MCP URL does the same job.