Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop: the same custom connector as on the web, or claude_desktop_config.json through the aicharged CLI (stdio).
- API key (Bearer)
- OAuth sign-in
- Local bridge (stdio)
- Open Customize → Connectors.
- Click + Add → Add custom connector.
- Name: aicharged · Remote MCP server URL: https://aicharged.io/api/v1/mcp
- Authentication: No sign in · Request headers: Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>
- Save, then enable aicharged in a chat from the + menu.
- Alternative without a connector: write claude_desktop_config.json (below) and restart Claude Desktop.
Remote MCP server URL
Recommendedhttps://aicharged.io/api/v1/mcp
Request header
Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>
claude_desktop_config.json through the aicharged CLI (stdio)
claude_desktop_config.json
· needs the aicharged CLI
{
"mcpServers": {
"aicharged": {
"command": "aicharged",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve"
]
}
}
}
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\ (Settings → Developer → Edit Config).
claude_desktop_config.json through the mcp-remote bridge
claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"aicharged": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://aicharged.io/api/v1/mcp",
"--header",
"Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}",
"--transport",
"http-only"
],
"env": {
"AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
No space after the colon in Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER} — the value belongs in env.