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Claude Desktop

BoardGameGeek MCP Server for Claude Desktop

io.github.kkjdaniel/bgg-mcp

BoardGameGeek MCP server providing access to BGG API data through standardized tools

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install BoardGameGeek MCP Server in Claude Desktop

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bgg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/kdaniel/bgg-mcp:1.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BGG_API_KEY": "<BGG_API_KEY>",
        "BGG_COOKIE": "<BGG_COOKIE>",
        "BGG_USERNAME": "<BGG_USERNAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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