How to connect File Studio to Claude

Step by step

1. 1

   Open AI integrations in File Studio

   Launch File Studio and open AI integrations. File Studio lists the AI apps it finds on your computer.

2. 2

   Click Connect next to Claude Desktop or Claude Code

   File Studio writes its MCP server entry into Claude's configuration for you. You can click Disconnect at any time to remove it.

3. 3

   Restart Claude

   Quit and reopen Claude Desktop, or start a new Claude Code session. File Studio's tools now appear in Claude's tool list.

4. 4

   Ask Claude to work with your files

   Try a prompt like "Compress every PDF in ~/Downloads and put the results in a compressed folder." Claude calls File Studio, which does the work locally.

Manual setup

Manual setup for Claude Desktop: add the JSON below to claude_desktop_config.json (on Mac it lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, on Windows in %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude.

Manual setup for Claude Code: run claude mcp add filestudio -- filestudio mcp in your terminal.

Manual setup needs the filestudio command on your PATH. Install it from AI integrations, under Command line.

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

claude mcp add filestudio -- filestudio mcp