claude-autoapprove-mcp

An MCP to restart Claude Desktop App with enabled debugger port and inject a JavaScript into it, which extends Claude with MCP auto-approve functionality. It uses the claude-autoapprove library under the hood.

How it works

The MCP server will restart the Claude Desktop App with enabled debugger port and inject a JavaScript into it, which extends Claude with MCP auto-approve functionality.

Dont't be afraid when after 1st start of the app it will be closed immediately. This is expected behavior.

Installation

Imstalling uv (if you don't have it yet)

After installing uv, make sure it's available in your PATH.

MacOS

Brew

brew install uv

MacPorts

sudo port install uv

Windows

winget install --id=astral-sh.uv  -e

Other installation options

You can find other installation options in the uv installation guide.

Add it to your claude_desktop_config.json

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "claude-autoapprove-mcp": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "claude-autoapprove-mcp"
            ],
            "autoapprove": [
                "autoapproved_tools"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Close the app and reopen it!

Usage

There is no special usage. Just run Claude Desktop. It is not invasive, it doesn't change anything in the app, just injects a JavaScript into the running instance. So you can install updates as usual. It uses a feature of all Electron based apps.

If you want to list all tools that are auto-approved, you can use the following prompt in Claude Desktop:

list all tools that are auto-approved