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Dear Claude MCP Server

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Dear Claude runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 76 installs a week from npm. Last commit 28 Aug 2026.

Spawn Claude Code instances from 6 platforms when 'Dear Claude' is mentioned.

Installs per day peak 21 · avg 8 · +4% w/w
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76
Installs / week
npm · dear-claude
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28 Aug 2026
Last commit
1 release in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Dear Claude every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add dear-claude -- npx -y dear-claude
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dear-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dear-claude"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.dear-claude]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "dear-claude"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dear-claude": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dear-claude"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "dear-claude": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dear-claude"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: DEAR_CLAUDE_PORT (HTTP server port for webhooks (default: 3334)), DEAR_CLAUDE_HOST (Bind address for the HTTP server (default: 127.0.0.1, loopback only)), DEAR_CLAUDE_DATA_DIR (Override the data directory (default: $XDG_DATA_HOME/dear-claude or ~/.local/share/dear-claude)), DEAR_CLAUDE_API_TOKEN (Token guarding the /api/* and /mcp control endpoints (auto-generated at <dataDir>/api-token if unset)), TAILSCALE_HOSTNAME (Override Tailscale hostname for webhook URLs (auto-detected if not set)), GITHUB_CLIENT_ID (GitHub OAuth App or GitHub App client ID), GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET (GitHub OAuth App or GitHub App client secret), GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET (GitHub webhook signature secret), GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN (GitHub personal access token (alternative to OAuth)), GITHUB_APP_ID (GitHub App ID (for installation-based auth)), GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH (Path to GitHub App private key PEM file), LINEAR_CLIENT_ID (Linear OAuth application client ID), LINEAR_CLIENT_SECRET (Linear OAuth application client secret), LINEAR_WEBHOOK_SECRET (Linear webhook signing secret), LINEAR_ACCESS_TOKEN (Linear personal API key (alternative to OAuth)), JIRA_DOMAIN (Jira Cloud domain (e.g. 'mycompany' for mycompany.atlassian.net)), JIRA_USER_EMAIL (Jira account email for API authentication), JIRA_API_TOKEN (Jira API token from id.atlassian.com), JIRA_WEBHOOK_SECRET (Shared secret for Jira webhook URL validation), GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN (GitLab personal or project access token), GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET (GitLab webhook secret token), NOTION_CLIENT_ID (Notion OAuth integration client ID), NOTION_CLIENT_SECRET (Notion OAuth integration client secret), NOTION_ACCESS_TOKEN (Notion internal integration token (alternative to OAuth)), NOTION_WEBHOOK_SECRET (Notion webhook verification secret), OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH (Absolute path to Obsidian vault directory for file watching), GIPHY_API_KEY (Giphy API key for embedding GIF reactions in responses).

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Dear Claude — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Dear Claude?
Dear Claude runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package dear-claude was installed 76 times last week.
How do I connect Dear Claude?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls dear-claude straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Dear Claude?
The npm package dear-claude was installed 76 times in the last week. Week over week that is +4%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Dear Claude open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.