Integration of Needle in modelcontextprotocol
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to manage documents and perform searches using Needle through Claude’s Desktop Application.
Needle MCP Server allows you to:
Below is an example of how the commands can be used in Claudie Desktop to interact with the server:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0235e893-af96-4920-8364-1e86f73b3e6c
For a full walkthrough on using the Needle MCP Server with Claude and Claudie Desktop, watch this YouTube explanation video.
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/needle-mcp.git
brew install uv
Create claude_desktop_config.json:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/
and create the file inside it%APPDATA%/Claude/
and create the file inside itAdd this configuration to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"needle_mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/needle-mcp",
"run",
"needle-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NEEDLE_API_KEY": "your_needle_api_key"
}
}
}
}
Get your Needle API key from needle.xyz
Update the config file:
/path/to/needle-mcp
with your actual repository pathQuit Claude completely and reopen it
If not working:
pip uninstall uv
and reinstall with brew install uv
)which uv
and replace "command": "uv"
with the full pathIf you’re seeing old configurations or the integration isn’t working:
find / -name "claude_desktop_config.json" 2>/dev/null
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/*
%APPDATA%/Claude/
mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude
cat > ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
<< 'EOL'
{
"mcpServers": {
"needle_mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/needle-mcp",
"run",
"needle-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NEEDLE_API_KEY": "your_needle_api_key"
}
}
}
}
EOL
Completely quit Claude Desktop (Command+Q on Mac) and relaunch it
If you still see old configurations:
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