Setup Guide

Add Pharos to your favorite MCP-compatible agent in under 5 minutes.

Choose your agent

The Pharos MCP Server works with any MCP-compatible client. Pick yours below for platform-specific steps.

Choose your agent
1

Open Claude Desktop settings

Launch Claude Desktop and open the Settings dialog.
2

Navigate to Developer > Edit Config

Go to the Developer section and click Edit Config. This opens the config file in your editor.
3

Add the Pharos MCP server config

Paste the following into your claude_desktop_config.json, merging into any existing mcpServers block:
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pharos": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@pharos/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "PHAROS_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}
4

Restart Claude Desktop

Quit and relaunch Claude Desktop so it picks up the new server.
5

Ask Claude to search for MCP servers

Try: "Search Pharos for filesystem tools". Claude should call pharos_search and return results.

Verify it works

Ask your agent:

"Search Pharos for filesystem tools"

If you see search results, it is working. The agent called pharos_search behind the scenes. From there, ask it to install and connect to a result.

Next steps

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