Claude Desktop NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue export_tools
How to: Claude Desktop NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue export_tools
Add NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue to Claude Desktop
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Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"catalog": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.needanai.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.
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03
Ask for something export_tools does. Claude Desktop lists the server's tools on connect and calls export_tools itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
Claude Desktop has no remote transport in its config file, so this bridges through mcp-remote. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs
Set these first
NeedAnAI — AI tool catalogue will not start until these are set, so export_tools never becomes available.
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NEEDANAI_API_KEY
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 11 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.