Install the Followr MCP, step by step.

Generate your API key.

One API key works for every workspace under your account. Generate it once, paste it into your AI client, forget it exists.

1. 1

   Sign in to Followr.

   Use the account whose workspaces you want to expose to the AI client. The API key will inherit your permissions.

2. 2

   Click your profile picture in the top-left and select API Keys from the dropdown menu.

   Shortcut: open the API Keys settings directly.

3. 3

   Click Generate, name it, copy the API key.

   Name it something you will recognize later, like "Claude MCP" or "My laptop". Copy the API key immediately. Followr shows the full string only once.

Claude Desktop.

Only follow this option if you did NOT already do Option A above. A JSON config file lives somewhere on your machine. We open it, paste a block, save it, and restart Claude. No terminal required if you use the in-app shortcut.

Step 1. Open the config from inside the app.

1. 1

   Open Claude Desktop.

   If you don't have it yet, download it from claude.ai/download and sign in with your Anthropic account. The web app at claude.ai cannot run local MCPs, so the desktop app is required for this path.

2. 2

   Click your profile picture in the bottom-left corner of the Claude window.

   A menu opens.

3. 3

   Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config.

   That opens the folder containing claude_desktop_config.json. Double-click the file to open it in your default text editor (TextEdit, Notepad, VS Code, whatever you have). If the file does not exist yet, create one inside that folder with that exact name.

Step 2. Paste the Followr block.

If the file is empty, paste exactly this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "followr": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@followr/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FOLLOWR_API_TOKEN": "PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

If the file already has other MCPs configured, only add the "followr" block inside "mcpServers", separated by a comma from the previous block:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "some-other-mcp": {
      "command": "...",
      "args": ["..."]
    },
    "followr": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@followr/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FOLLOWR_API_TOKEN": "PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Step 3. Paste your API key and save the file.

Replace PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE with the API key you copied from Followr. Keep the double quotes around it. The result looks like:

"FOLLOWR_API_TOKEN": "1234|abcdEFGHijklMNOP..."

Save the file with Cmd+S (macOS) or Ctrl+S (Windows).

Step 4. Fully close Claude Desktop. Then open it again.

• macOS: Menu bar → Claude → Quit Claude (or press Cmd+Q). Then reopen from the Dock or Spotlight.
• Windows: Right-click the Claude icon in the system tray (next to the clock) → Quit. Then open Claude again from the Start menu.
• Linux: Close the app fully, kill any lingering process if needed, then open it again.

Step 5. Confirm the MCP is connected.

Inside a new chat, click the tools or plug icon below the message box. You should see followr listed. The first time the connector loads, expect a 5 to 10 second delay while npx downloads @followr/mcp. Subsequent launches are instant.