Install Hostim in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own value for
YOUR_HOSTIM_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 HOSTIM_TOKEN=YOUR_HOSTIM_TOKEN --transport stdio hostim -- docker run -i --rm -e HOSTIM_TOKEN ghcr.io/hostimdev/cli:v0.1.52 mcp - Replace
YOUR_HOSTIM_TOKENwith your own value. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of hostim.
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.