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transkribus for Claude Desktop

io.github.lazyants/transkribus

Transkribus REST and Processing APIs — collections, HTR/OCR; default v1, optional v2 beta.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install transkribus in Claude Desktop

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transkribus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@lazyants/transkribus-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRANSKRIBUS_USER": "<TRANSKRIBUS_USER>",
        "TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD": "<TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD>",
        "TRANSKRIBUS_SESSION_ID": "<TRANSKRIBUS_SESSION_ID>",
        "TRANSKRIBUS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<TRANSKRIBUS_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "TRANSKRIBUS_KEYRING_SERVICE": "<TRANSKRIBUS_KEYRING_SERVICE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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