Six templates, one minute to set up

1. 1.Install Claude Desktop and open MCP settings.
2. 2.Add the three server entries below to claude_desktop_config.json.
3. 3.Restart Claude. Ask: 'Summarize the AI model leaderboard changes this week.'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"], "env": { "BRAVE_API_KEY": "…" } },
    "fetch": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"] },
    "memory": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"] }
  }
}

1. 1.Scope filesystem access to a single project root.
2. 2.Generate a GitHub fine-grained token with repo + issues read.
3. 3.Optional: connect Sentry read token to triage production errors in-context.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/Users/you/code/project"] },
    "github": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"], "env": { "GITHUB_TOKEN": "…" } },
    "sentry": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-sentry"], "env": { "SENTRY_TOKEN": "…" } }
  }
}

1. 1.⚠️ Keep send-mode in 'confirm' until you trust the configuration.
2. 2.Add a whitelist of allowed recipient domains.
3. 3.Use memory to persist signatures and common templates.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-email"], "env": { "SMTP_HOST": "…", "SMTP_USER": "…", "SEND_MODE": "confirm" } },
    "memory": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"] }
  }
}

1. 1.Connect a read-only Postgres user to the database.
2. 2.Scope filesystem to a /data dir for CSV outputs.
3. 3.Ask Claude to 'Pull weekly active users by cohort and export to /data/wau.csv'.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres", "postgresql://readonly@localhost/prod"] },
    "filesystem": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/Users/you/data"] }
  }
}

1. 1.Generate a Linear API key with write scope for your team.
2. 2.Install the Slack server with a workspace OAuth token.
3. 3.Use memory to persist your team's canonical labels and cycle cadence.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linear": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-linear"], "env": { "LINEAR_API_KEY": "…" } },
    "slack": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-slack"], "env": { "SLACK_TOKEN": "…" } },
    "memory": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"] }
  }
}

1. 1.Share design Notion workspaces with the integration.
2. 2.Authorize Drive read scope for reference assets.
3. 3.Ask Claude to compile moodboards citing sources.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notion": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-notion"], "env": { "NOTION_TOKEN": "…" } },
    "gdrive": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-gdrive"], "env": { "GDRIVE_OAUTH": "…" } },
    "fetch": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-fetch"] }
  }
}