Claude Desktop

Prerequisites

• Claude Desktop installed
• An OpenShop app token and store slug
• Choose sandbox or production (see OpenShop MCP overview for URLs)

Hosted connection (Claude UI)

1. In Claude Desktop, click the + button in the bottom-left of the chat card.
2. Click Connectors.
3. Click Manage Connectors.
4. Click + and choose Add custom connector.
5. Enter a name (for example: OpenShop).
6. Enter your MCP URL:
   • Sandbox: https://sandbox-mcp.openshopgo.com/mcp
   • Production: https://mcp.openshopgo.com/mcp
7. Click Add, then click Connect.
8. In the OpenShop auth screen, enter your app token.
   • You can get this from OpenShop: Settings -> App Tokens.
9. Enter your store slug, then click Connect Store.
10. You should be redirected back to Claude Desktop.
11. Confirm the OpenShop tool is enabled in the chat, then start prompting.

Note

If Anthropic changes the config schema, use their latest Claude MCP documentation for exact fields.

Fallback: config file method

If the connector UI is unavailable in your Claude build, you can still connect using claude_desktop_config.json:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openshop": {
      "type": "streamablehttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.openshopgo.com/mcp"
    },
    "openshop-sandbox": {
      "type": "streamablehttp",
      "url": "https://sandbox-mcp.openshopgo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}