Desktop • 1 min • Streamable HTTP

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to the live web.

Claude Desktop ships first-class MCP support. Add the NeuroAPI URL to your config, restart Claude, and the model can scrape, search, crawl, and extract live web data inside any conversation.

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Config location

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) · %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)

Setup in 1 min

1
Open the config
Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Claude opens the JSON file in your default editor.
2
Paste the server block
Drop the snippet into mcpServers. Replace YOUR_KEY with the key from your NeuroAPI dashboard.
3
Restart Claude
Fully quit (⌘Q on macOS) and reopen. The tool icon (🔌) in the input bar should list every neuroapi_* tool.

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neuroapi": {
      "url": "https://neuroapi.me/api/nk_live_YOUR_KEY/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}

First prompts to try

Use neuroapi_search to find the top 5 React 19 release recaps from this week, then summarize the breaking changes.

Scrape the NeuroAPI pricing page with neuroapi_scrape and tell me what changes vs. last month.

Crawl docs.anthropic.com and extract a Markdown sitemap I can paste into a roadmap.

Troubleshooting

Tool icon doesn't appear

Make sure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas) and that you fully quit Claude — closing the window is not enough.

401 / invalid key

Check that the key starts with nk_live_ and is enabled in dashboard → API keys.

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