Integrations

Claude Desktop integration

Install GNO as an MCP server in Claude Desktop for hybrid retrieval over your local documents.

Claude Desktop was one of the first MCP clients. One-command install adds GNO to Claude Desktop’s MCP configuration so Claude can search your local knowledge base in conversation.

Quickstart

bun install -g @gmickel/gno
gno init ~/notes --name notes && gno index
gno mcp install --target claude-desktop

Quit and reopen Claude Desktop to pick up the new server.

Using it in conversation

“Search my notes for anything about the quarterly review process”

“What did I write about the deployment architecture last month?”

“Find related notes to this PDF and give me a summary”

Claude picks the right tool and cites the source document in the response.

Manual configuration

If the auto-install fails, add GNO to Claude Desktop’s config manually. Location depends on your OS:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gno": {
      "command": "gno",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}