Personal knowledge base in Claude Desktop

This guide wires the dropdat MCP server into Claude Desktop and walks through personal knowledge base end-to-end — install, configure, verify with /mcp, and start using the five dropdat tools.

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Install @dropdat/mcp via npx or global npm install

Configure Claude Desktop with the dropdat MCP server

Issue a dropdat API key (capsule.dropdat.app/api-keys)

Verify the connection inside Claude Desktop

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Install

# zero-install — runs the latest version on demand
npx -y @dropdat/mcp

# or pin a global install
npm install -g @dropdat/mcp

Issue an API key at capsule.dropdat.app/api-keys and pass it as DROPDAT_API_KEY. See the MCP hub for per-client config.

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