Claude Desktop Open Index compare_places
How to: Claude Desktop Open Index compare_places
Add Open Index 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": {
"open-index": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://openindex.co.uk/mcp"
]
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.
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03
Ask for something compare_places does. Claude Desktop lists the server's tools on connect and calls compare_places itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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04
If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Open Index'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
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 20 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.