🛠️ Simple MCP Example with Claude and a Local JSON HTTP Server

This guide walks you through a basic setup where you use Claude (MacOS desktop) to interact with a local mock JSON server via MCP (Model-Computer Protocol).

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What is the 🛠️ Simple MCP Example with Claude and a Local JSON HTTP Server MCP Server?

🛠️ Simple MCP Example with Claude and a Local JSON HTTP Server is an MCP project maintained in the sunmer/node-simple-mcp-example repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This guide walks you through a basic setup where you use Claude (MacOS desktop) to interact with a local mock JSON server via MCP (Model-Computer…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the 🛠️ Simple MCP Example with Claude and a Local JSON HTTP Server MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "json-chat": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/mcp-example/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.