Connect an MCP client to apished

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop's config file (claude_desktop_config.json) is validated for local (stdio) servers and can reject or corrupt a plain remote-URL entry, so add it through the UI instead:

1. Open Settings → Connectors (labeled "Integrations" on some versions).
2. Choose Add custom connector.
3. Paste https://apished.com/mcp as the server URL and save.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apished": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://apished.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

One command, from a terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http apished https://apished.com/mcp

Adds it at project scope by default; add --scope user to make it available in every project. Verify with /mcp inside a Claude Code session.

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (per-project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apished": {
      "url": "https://apished.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT

Requires a Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Education plan, and Developer Mode enabled, in the ChatGPT web app:

1. Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → enable Developer mode.
2. Settings → Connectors → Create.
3. Fill in a name and description, set MCP server URL to https://apished.com/mcp, set Authentication to "No authentication", and save.

Windsurf

Same shape as Cursor's config, but a different field name — serverUrl, not url:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apished": {
      "serverUrl": "https://apished.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

GitHub Copilot (VS Code)

Run MCP: Add Server in the Command Palette, choose HTTP, paste https://apished.com/mcp, and pick Workspace or Global as the target — or add it directly to .vscode/mcp.json (workspace) or via MCP: Open User Configuration (global):

{
  "servers": {
    "apished": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apished.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Note the top-level key is servers, not mcpServers as in most other clients.

GitHub Copilot CLI

One command, from a terminal:

copilot mcp add --transport http apished https://apished.com/mcp

Or edit ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json directly:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apished": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apished.com/mcp",
      "tools": ["*"]
    }
  }
}

Other MCP clients

Most clients accept a Streamable HTTP server under an mcpServers object keyed by a name you choose, with the URL in a url field (Windsurf's serverUrl above is the one common exception). If a client doesn't connect with the generic shape, check its own docs for the exact field name.