Install Arcgis in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- uv, which
gives the
uvxcommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_ARCGIS_URL,YOUR_ARCGIS_USERNAME,YOUR_ARCGIS_PASSWORD.
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 ARCGIS_URL=YOUR_ARCGIS_URL --env ARCGIS_USERNAME=YOUR_ARCGIS_USERNAME --env ARCGIS_PASSWORD=YOUR_ARCGIS_PASSWORD --transport stdio arcgis-mcp-server -- uvx arcgis-mcp-server==1.1.5 - Replace
YOUR_ARCGIS_URL,YOUR_ARCGIS_USERNAME,YOUR_ARCGIS_PASSWORDwith 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 arcgis-mcp-server.
If it does not start
- spawn uvx ENOENT
- uv is not on the PATH that Claude Code sees. Install it, or write the
full path of
uvxin the config. - The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.