Install Autotask in Claude Desktop

What you need first

Claude Desktop, installed.
Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
Your own values for YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME,YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET,YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE.

Steps

In Claude Desktop, open Settings › Developer and choose Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json.
Add this block. If the file already has mcpServers, add only the entry inside it.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "autotask-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "AUTOTASK_USERNAME", "-e", "AUTOTASK_SECRET", "-e", "AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE", "ghcr.io/wyre-ai/autotask-mcp:v2.39.9"],
      "env": { "AUTOTASK_USERNAME": "YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME", "AUTOTASK_SECRET": "YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET", "AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE": "YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE" }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_AUTOTASK_USERNAME,YOUR_AUTOTASK_SECRET,YOUR_AUTOTASK_INTEGRATION_CODE with your own values.
Save the file, quit Claude Desktop completely and open it again.

Check it worked

Ask Claude Desktop: List the tools of autotask-mcp.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon: Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Desktop.
The server starts, but its tools fail: A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.
Nothing changes after a restart: The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.

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