> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.socq.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Claude Desktop

> Connect Claude Desktop through the SocQ stdio bridge and verify a collection.

# 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:

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

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

<Warning>
  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.
</Warning>

## Verify

Ask Claude:

```text theme={"system"}
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:

```json theme={"system"}
"args": ["-y", "@socq/mcp", "--platforms", "youtube,tiktok"]
```

See [Choose MCP tools](/integrations/mcp-filtering) before selecting a production filter.

See Anthropic's [local MCP server guide](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10949351-getting-started-with-local-mcp-servers-on-claude-desktop) for current Claude Desktop administration options.