Claude Desktop rent.dev rent_start_process
How to: Claude Desktop rent.dev rent_start_process
Add rent.dev to Claude Desktop
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01
Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"rent": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.rent.dev/mcp"
]
}
}
}-
02
Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.
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03
Ask for something rent_start_process does. Claude Desktop lists the server's tools on connect and calls rent_start_process itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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04
If nothing happens, check the server is running and that rent.dev'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
rent.dev will not start until these are set, so rent_start_process never becomes available.
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RENT_API_KEY
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 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.