MCP Setup

MCP server installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.

Currently Installed

Server	Package	Purpose
filesystem	mcp-server-filesystem	File ops in Projects dir
postgres	mcp-server-postgres	PostgreSQL queries
ssh	ssh-mcp	SSH command execution
crawl4ai	crawl4ai-mcp (pip)	Web scraping (free)
playwright	@playwright/mcp	Browser automation

Config Locations

Client	File
Claude Code	~/.claude.json
Claude Desktop	%APPDATA%\Claude\config.json

Install Commands

# npm global installs
npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem
npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres
npm install -g ssh-mcp
npm install -g @playwright/mcp

# Python
pip install crawl4ai-mcp

Claude Code Config (~/.claude.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "mcp-server-filesystem",
      "args": ["C:\\Users\\neely\\Projects"]
    },
    "postgres": {
      "command": "mcp-server-postgres",
      "args": ["postgresql://postgres:Password@localhost:5432/postgres"]
    },
    "ssh": {
      "command": "ssh-mcp",
      "args": []
    },
    "crawl4ai": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "crawl4ai_mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Recommended Additional Servers

High Priority

• ssh-manager (@bvisible/mcp-ssh-manager) - 37 tools for SSH management
• n8n (@czlonkowski/n8n-mcp) - n8n workflow automation (needs API key)
• postgres-pro (@crystaldba/postgres-mcp) - Advanced PostgreSQL features

Medium Priority

• git (@modelcontextprotocol/server-git) - Git operations
• github (@modelcontextprotocol/server-github) - GitHub API (needs token)

Lower Priority

• fetch - Web content fetching
• puppeteer - Headless browser automation

Troubleshooting

1. Restart Claude Code after config changes
2. Check claude --debug for MCP loading errors
3. Verify package installed: npm list -g <package>
4. Test command manually: mcp-server-filesystem --help