Connecting Guru's MCP Server to Claude Desktop and Claude Code

MCP Server URL: https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp

Connecting Claude

1. Open Claude Desktop settings
2. Go to Connectors
3. Select Add Guru
   • Note: If Guru isn't listed, ask your company's Claude Admin to add it
4. Authenticate using OAuth
5. Enable each tool and select permissions for each Tool
6. Start a new chat and click the search and tools button (two lines)
7. Make sure your Guru connector is toggled on

Start using Guru in your workflow

Once you're connected, your AI tool can:

• Ask questions about your internal documentation
• Search for specific topics across your knowledge base
• Integrate Guru's AI capabilities into your development or writing workflows

Connecting Claude Code

1. After installing Claude Code, open a terminal window to interact with Claude CLI
2. Run claude mcp add --transport http guru https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp to install Guru's MCP server
3. Run claude mcp list to view all installed MCP servers and make sure Guru MCP is included. You'll see that the MCP server still needs authentication
4. To authenticate, open Claude Code by executing claude Once you're in Claude Code, type /mcp to manage your MCP servers. Navigate the the one you just created for Guru and click Enter
5. Choose Authenticate. This will open a browser window where you'll be prompted to accept the necessary permissions.

Additional Resources

• Guru MCP Server Documentation
• Claude Desktop MCP Documentation