Claude

Installing the Armor MCP and using it with Claude Desktop.

For Mac | For Windows | For Linux

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1. What you need to started for Mac

First you will need to get the necessary development tools to download the Armor MCP.

• Homebrew - a package management tool for MacOS
• Python 3 - Development package for using python packages
• Pip - a python specific package management tool
• UV - another python package management tool
• Armor MCP - Armors' AI native tools solution.

2. Installing Homebrew

In many cases Homebrew will be installed n your Mac if you do Mac development. if it is not then open Terminal and type this command to install it.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Additional useful commands

Checking yourt version of Homebrew

brew --version

Upgrading Homebrew

brew update

Seeling which package you have installed with Homebrew

brew list

If you are still having issues

brew doctor

3. Installing Python 3

Once Homebrew is installed you can use it to install other packages like python 3.

brew install python

4. Installing Pip

Typically Pip will install with Python 3, but if you are having issues you can install it with Homebrew

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

5. Installing UV

You can use Homebrew to install UV as well

brew install uv

Or you can use Pip to install UV

pip install uv

6. Getting the latest Armor MCP

Now you are ready to download Armor MCP. In the Mac terminal type

uv pip install armor-crypto-mcp

7. Installing Claude Desktop

Now you will need to go to the Claude website and download Claude Desktop. MCPs are not supported on the web version of Claude.

Once you open Claude it should look like this.

While you can use Claude for free, the amount of prompts you can do will be severely limited so we recommend you get a paid account.

8. Adding Armor MCP to Claude

First thing you will need to do is turn on developer mode. To do this, go to the

Once you have done that you will got to the Setting menu under Claude in the top menu bar on your Mac. Not to setting in the Claude UI. This will open the setting panel and you should select Developer.

We will be editing the Config file here. Clicking on the Config button will open up a file explorer and show you where the Config file is. From there you will need to open the config in a text editor of your choice.

This is the text you will need to place in the Config file. You will be replacing <PUT-YOUR-KEY-HERE> with your API key you get from Armor. You will replace the {} that are in the Config file already.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "armor-crypto-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["armor-crypto-mcp@latest", "--version"],
      "env": {
        "ARMOR_API_KEY": "<PUT-YOUR-KEY-HERE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

You will need to get a Armor API key, to do this, you will need to purchase an Armro Codex NFT. You can find the process explained here.

Adding your API key, saving the Config file and then closing and reopening Claude to make sure it's activated. If you open the Settings>Developer panel again, it should look like this.

If you see this, then you have correctly installed the Armor MCP into Claude. You can start using Armor now!

9. Using Armor MCP with Claude

Once you have Armor MCP up and running you can start to explore the possibilities of what Armor Wallet can do. Armor MCP is a subset of the full capcablities of Armor Wallet. It's designed for developers to get access a complete suite of tools to build unique crypto AI agents.

Once you are in Claude (Pro) you can click on Projects. In there you can create your own custom agent and personalize it/add functionality to it.

Expanding the capabilities of Armor with Project Knowledge.

If you create a new project, give it a name and goal (this is important for the AI). Once created you click on this:

Once you select it.

Now you can begin customizing the behavior of your project/agent. If you are intertested in seeing some examples. please go to our Agent Blueprint Repo.

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1. What you need to started for Windows

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1. What you need to started for Linux