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Claude Desktop ilostat mcp server ilostat_search_indicators

How to: Claude Desktop ilostat mcp server ilostat_search_indicators

client:Claude Desktop transport:streamable-http tool:ilostat_search_indicators

Add ilostat mcp server to Claude Desktop

  1. 01

    Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ilostat-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://ilostat.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.

  2. 03

    Ask for something ilostat_search_indicators does. Claude Desktop lists the server's tools on connect and calls ilostat_search_indicators itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that ilostat mcp server'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

ilostat mcp server will not start until these are set, so ilostat_search_indicators never becomes available.

  • ILOSTAT_CATALOG_REFRESH_HOURS
  • ILOSTAT_MAX_ROWS
  • ILOSTAT_PREVIEW_CHARS
  • ILOSTAT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS
  • ILOSTAT_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS
  • ILOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED
  • CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE
  • MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 4 October 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.