# Claude Desktop (MCP Host)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/mcp/claude-desktop-mcp-host/  
**Provider:** Model Context Protocol (MCP) — https://apis.io/providers/mcp/  
**Documentation:** https://claude.com/docs/connectors/building

Claude Desktop (MCP Host) is one of 17 APIs that [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://apis.io/providers/mcp/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Clients, Hosts, and Claude. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Anthropic's Claude Desktop application was the first MCP host. Connects to local MCP servers via stdio transport defined in claude_desktop_config .json and to remote servers via Streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.1.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://claude.com/docs/connectors/building

## Other Model Context Protocol (MCP) APIs (12)

- [MCP Specification](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-specification/)
- [MCP TypeScript SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-typescript-sdk/)
- [MCP Python SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-python-sdk/)
- [MCP Java SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-java-sdk/)
- [MCP Kotlin SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-kotlin-sdk/)
- [MCP C# SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-c-sdk/)
- [MCP Swift SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-swift-sdk/)
- [MCP Rust SDK](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-rust-sdk/)
- [MCP Reference Servers](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-reference-servers/)
- [MCP Inspector](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/mcp-inspector/)
- [Official MCP Registry](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/official-mcp-registry/)
- [Smithery](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/smithery/)

## Tags

Clients, Hosts, Claude

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/mcp/claude-desktop-mcp-host/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/mcp/.