Getting Started with Claude Desktop

Getting Started with Claude Desktop

Adding mobile-mcp to Claude Desktop is easy and should take a couple of minutes.

Steps:

1. Run Claude Desktop
2. Open menu Claude -> Settings
3. Choose Developer from the left sidebar
4. Click Edit Config button, and then edit the claude_desktop_config.json file
5. Paste this json; if you have other mcpServer items, you will have to merge the list

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mobile-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@mobilenext/mobile-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Once saved, restart Claude Desktop and you should be all set.

Troubleshooting

If you are experiencing issues with the installation, for example, you are seeing Could not attach to MCP server mobile-mcp popup, then you can investigate this problem with Claude Desktop's logs.

Simply open Claude -> Settings, select Developer from sidebar, and now click on Open Logs Folder. You will be pointed to the logs where the underlying issue is logged.