Claude Desktop + Vaner (MCP)

Claude Desktop supports the Model Context Protocol out of the box. Point it at vaner mcp and Vaner will serve scenario-ranked context to your agent before every prompt.

Install

If you haven't installed Vaner yet:

curl -fsSL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://vaner.ai/install.sh | bash
vaner init --path .

Connect Claude Desktop

{  "mcpServers": {    "vaner": {      "command": "uvx",      "args": ["--from","vaner[mcp]","vaner","mcp","--path","."]    }  }}

Verify

Quit and reopen Claude Desktop. The hammer icon should list vaner with its five scenario tools.

If Claude Desktop reports the server as failed, run vaner mcp --path . manually in a terminal and read the error. The most common failure is a missing backend API key — confirm with vaner config show.

What this unlocks

• Chat with Claude Desktop about a repo without SSH-ing anywhere: Vaner mounts it via MCP.
• Hammer menu lists every Vaner scenario tool with inline descriptions.
• Toggle off anytime by removing the vaner entry from claude_desktop_config.json.

See also

• The full Connect your client guide.
• Backends for picking the model Vaner ponders with.
• Upstream docs: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/user.