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Synapse RMCP for Claude Desktop

ai.dinglebear/synapse

Host, Docker, Compose, SSH, logs, ZFS, and file operations over MCP and CLI.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Synapse RMCP in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synapse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/synapse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SYNAPSE_HOME": "<SYNAPSE_HOME>",
        "SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG": "<SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG>",
        "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE": "<SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION": "<SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO": "<SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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