Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop can run the published @socq/mcp bridge as a local stdio server. The bridge forwards tool discovery and calls to the hosted SocQ MCP endpoint.

Prerequisites

Node.js 20 or later;
a SocQ API key;
a current Claude Desktop release with local MCP enabled.

Configure

Open the Claude Desktop developer configuration and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socq": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@socq/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SOCQ_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

This local configuration contains a credential. Do not commit or share it. For a distributed integration, package the bridge as a desktop extension and mark the API-key field as sensitive so Claude can use operating-system secure storage.

Verify

Ask Claude:

List the SocQ tools you can use, check my SocQ account, then collect the
latest 20 comments from this YouTube video and wait for the task:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

A successful setup should discover SocQ tools, complete socq_account, submit a task, and read it with socq_get_task.

Limit the tool list

To expose YouTube and TikTok typed tools, change the arguments to:

"args": ["-y", "@socq/mcp", "--platforms", "youtube,tiktok"]

See Choose MCP tools before selecting a production filter. See Anthropic’s local MCP server guide for current Claude Desktop administration options.

Agent Skill Cursor

⌘I

Get started

Clients

Workflows

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop

Prerequisites

Configure

Verify

Limit the tool list

​Claude Desktop

​Prerequisites

​Configure

​Verify

​Limit the tool list

Claude Desktop

Prerequisites

Configure

Verify

Limit the tool list