Install Ironclaw in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_IRONCLAW_CONTROLPLANE_URL,YOUR_IRONCLAW_API_TOKEN.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env IRONCLAW_CONTROLPLANE_URL=YOUR_IRONCLAW_CONTROLPLANE_URL --env IRONCLAW_API_TOKEN=YOUR_IRONCLAW_API_TOKEN --transport stdio ironclaw -- docker run -i --rm -e IRONCLAW_CONTROLPLANE_URL -e IRONCLAW_API_TOKEN ghcr.io/ironsecco/ironclaw-mcp:v0.1.569 - Replace
YOUR_IRONCLAW_CONTROLPLANE_URL,YOUR_IRONCLAW_API_TOKENwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of ironclaw.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.