From d51afb6a80da9d65b0e0fd2c310e81f4df1f3e65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Battarbee <Chrisbattarbee@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:26:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for using with claude (#48)

---
 README.md           | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 docs/quickstart.mdx | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4acc2e3..8f05f6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Docs at [https://mcpgolang.com](https://mcpgolang.com)
 
 ## Example Usage
 
+Install with `go get github.com/metoro-io/mcp-golang`
+
 ```go
 package main
 
@@ -90,7 +92,21 @@ func main() {
 
 This will start a server using the stdio transport (used by claude desktop), host a tool called "hello" that will say hello to the user who submitted it.
 
-You can use raw go structs as the input to your tools, the library handles generating the messages, deserialization, etc.
+### Using with Claude Desktop
+
+Create a file in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json with the following contents:
+
+```json
+{
+"mcpServers": {
+  "golang-mcp-server": {
+      "command": "<your path to golang MCP server go executable>",
+      "args": [],
+      "env": {}
+    }
+  }
+}
+``` 
 
 ## Contributions
 
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.mdx b/docs/quickstart.mdx
index a33fbd0..76d9f94 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.mdx
+++ b/docs/quickstart.mdx
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
+### Using with Claude
+Create a file in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json with the following contents:
+
+```json
+{
+"mcpServers": {
+  "golang-mcp-server": {
+      "command": "<your path to golang MCP server go executable>",
+      "args": [],
+      "env": {}
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Next Steps
 
 - If you're interested in contributing to mcp-golang, check out [Development Guide](/development) for more detailed information