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ask claude for Claude Desktop

io.github.lykhoyda/ask-claude

Bridge Codex and other MCP clients with Anthropic Claude Code CLI for read-only second opinions

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install ask claude in Claude Desktop

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/claude-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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