Does it not use the global Claude Code config in ~/.claude, e.g. settings.json?

[PaulRBerg]

Using this for the first time today and I am confused by the instructions for Claude Code.

Why do I have to specify claudeCode.mcpServers?

I already have a lot of specific configuration in my .claude directory. Why does Taskmaster not use that?

[ben-vargas]

See my answer in #1180 - if you leave claudeCode.mcpServers undefined/unused then Claude Code SDK is going to do whatever Anthropic has configured/coded between Claude Code SDK and Claude Code spawn process.

If you're finding its not working (using your ~/.claude configurations), it's not a Task Master issue (though you may be able to fix it - i.e. get the MCP servers you want configured via claudeCode.mcpServers). You would need to report a defect with anthropic's claude code project.

[ben-vargas]

This being marked complete brought it to my attention, be aware that Claude Agent SDK changed this behavior and their newer SDK doesn't use all the ~/.claude configuration files unless explicitly instructed to do so. Therefore, this likely changes when Task Master adopts the ai-sdk-provider-claude-code version with the agents sdk dependency unless specific config flags are set.

[Crunchyman-ralph]

Good point !

I reckon we add it as a default unless in config.json explicitly told not to, cuz people want their ~/.Claude config probably.

They want to work with what they're used to