This guide is for local testing and experimentation only. For production integrations, see the Implementation Guide for complete examples with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Claude Desktop Setup
Download Claude Desktop from https://claude.ai/download.Step 1: Install MCP Proxy
Install the open-source MCP proxy tool:Step 2: Configure Claude Desktop
- Open Claude Desktop and navigate to Settings → Developer
- Click the button to edit the configuration file

- Add the following configuration to the file (replace
<SPIKE_ACCESS_TOKEN>
with your actual token):
- Save the file and restart Claude Desktop
Step 3: Test the Connection
Try a simple query to verify everything is working:query_sleep
tool being used and may be prompted for approval:


Next Steps
For production integrations and complete implementation examples, see the Implementation Guide which includes:- Complete OpenAI integration examples (Python, Go, Node.js, cURL)
- Anthropic/Claude integration examples
- Authentication setup
- Error handling
- Available MCP tools and endpoints