Dear Claude MCP Server

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.

claude mcp add dear-claude -- npx -y dear-claude

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dear-claude": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dear-claude"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.dear-claude]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "dear-claude"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dear-claude": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dear-claude"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dear-claude": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dear-claude"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: 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). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.