Claude Code
Anthropic ยท Terminal, Editor extension, Desktop app, Web app
Anthropic's coding agent, used from a terminal, from JetBrains IDEs and VS Code, from a desktop app or on the web. MCP servers are added with the CLI's mcp add subcommand or shared with a team through a .mcp.json file in the project, and it connects to them over stdio, HTTP, SSE or WebSocket.
Facts
How to add a server to Claude Code
- Find the server you want on plug.directory and open its page.
- In its install block, pick Claude Code. The block shows the config and where it goes.
- Run the command in a terminal. Then check the server's tools in Claude Code, as its docs describe.
For example, Azure MCP Server, one of the top ranked servers that work in Claude Code, goes in a terminal:
claude mcp add --transport stdio azure -- npx -y @azure/[email protected] server start How to add an MCP server to Claude Code: local and remote
Matches the official docs The config follows Claude Code's MCP docs, read on 2026-10-31.
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Facts read from Anthropic's own pages on 2026-10-31; the description is ours, from its site. Every client