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Practical 2026 guide to Claude Code MCP setup

Practical 2026 guide to Claude Code MCP setup

Original: Claude Code MCP Setup: A Practical 2026 Guide

Short summary

A practical guide to setting up Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for Claude Code in 2026. Covers user-level vs project-level configuration in settings.json, recommended servers (GitHub, Linear, Slack, Postgres, Sentry, Playwright), and debugging with claude mcp list and claude mcp test commands. MCP lets Claude Code call external tools as subprocesses over stdio or HTTP.

  • •MCP servers are configured in ~/.claude/settings.json (user) or .claude/settings.json (project)
  • •GitHub, Linear, Slack, Postgres, Sentry, and Playwright cover most day-to-day tool needs
  • •Debug with claude mcp list and claude mcp test, tail logs for stderr from server processes

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