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Connect your Standards MCP server to Claude Desktop for brand-aware conversations with live access to your guidelines.

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Basics

Claude Desktop will share custom connectors with Claude on the web and the connectors can be added from the desktop application following the same process. Alternatively, a connection can be added to the desktop app without syncing it to your Claude account.

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Connect

1

Copy your MCP server link

From the AI settings page in Standards, copy the MCP server link from the MCP card.
2

Open Claude Desktop settings

In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open your claude_desktop_config.json file.
3

Add the MCP server

Add your Standards MCP server to the configuration. Replace YOUR_MCP_LINK with the link you copied:
4

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop. You should see a tool icon indicating the MCP server is connected.

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Usage

Once connected, Claude can access your brand guidelines on demand. You can ask questions like:
  • “What are our brand colors and their hex values?”
  • “Write social copy following our brand voice guidelines.”
  • “What are the rules for logo clearspace?”
Claude will query the relevant pages from your published guidelines to inform its response.