| # π Connect to Claude Desktop | |
| You can use the **AI Digital Library Assistant** as a tool provider for Claude Desktop! This allows you to chat with Claude and have it directly access your library, search documents, and even trigger podcast generation. | |
| ## Prerequisites | |
| - [Claude Desktop App](https://claude.ai/download) installed. | |
| - The **AI Digital Library Assistant** running (either locally or on Hugging Face Spaces). | |
| ## Configuration | |
| 1. Open your Claude Desktop configuration file: | |
| - **Windows**: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json` | |
| - **Mac**: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` | |
| 2. Add the following configuration: | |
| ```json | |
| { | |
| "mcpServers": { | |
| "ai-library": { | |
| "command": "npx", | |
| "args": [ | |
| "-y", | |
| "mcp-remote", | |
| "https://mcp-1st-birthday-ai-digital-library-assistant.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse" | |
| ] | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| > If running locally, you can use the local SSE endpoint (usually `http://localhost:7860/sse`). | |
| 3. **Restart Claude Desktop**. | |
| ## What You Can Do | |
| Once connected, you can ask Claude things like: | |
| - "Search my library for documents." | |
| - "Summarize the last PDF I uploaded." | |
| - "Create a podcast script from these search results." | |
| - "Generate tags for this document ID." | |