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Claude Desktop App. Mac and Windows. Same menus.

Claude Desktop on Mac and Windows uses the same menus. OctaMem is a remote MCP service, you do not run a server on your computer. Anthropic's supported way to attach a remote MCP URL to Claude Desktop is Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

Platform

Mac · Windows

Method

Settings → Connectors

Server

mcp.octamem.com

Add OctaMem in Settings

No Node.js. This is the path Anthropic documents for remote MCP on Desktop. You only paste a URL with your API key inside it.

Step 1

Install Claude Desktop

Install Claude Desktop from claude.ai/download, sign in, and open the app.

Step 2

Open Settings → Connectors

Open Settings (gear icon, menu bar, or Profile) → Connectors.

Step 3

Add custom connector

Click Add custom connector (wording may be Add connector in some builds).

Step 4

Paste your OctaMem URL

Replace YOUR_OCTAMEM_API_KEY with the key from platform.octamem.com — no spaces.

Remote MCP URLbash
https://mcp.octamem.com/?api_key=YOUR_OCTAMEM_API_KEY

Step 5

Confirm

Click Add / Save.

Step 6

Quit and reopen

Fully quit Claude Desktop (Mac: Claude → Quit; Windows: tray icon → Quit or Task Manager) and open it again so the connector loads.

Step 7

Turn OctaMem on

Start a chat. By the input box, click + → Connectors → toggle OctaMem on. See Using OctaMem in chat below.

Using OctaMem in chat

Permissions

Settings → Connectors → Configure on OctaMem → Tool permissions → Always allow (each tool, or use the bulk dropdown).

Chat

At the chat input, click the + icon → Connectors → turn OctaMemon. If tools don’t run, say “Search OctaMem for…” once. You can also allow from the first tool card or Search and tools.

Optional — Claude Project for OctaMem

A project applies the same instructions to every chat inside it, so Claude is reminded to use OctaMem without you repeating the same setup each time.

1. Create the project

Open claude.ai/projects or Projects in the sidebar. Click + New Project. Enter a name and short description of what you are doing (Anthropic says Claude does not use those fields as model context — they are for you). Finish and open the project.

2. Add instructions about memory

On the project page, find Instructions (the UI may say Add instructions to tailor Claude’s responses; Anthropic’s docs call this Set project instructions in the project knowledge area). Save text that tells Claude to use OctaMem. You can start from this and edit:

example instructionstext
Use OctaMem (MCP) for long-term memory. Search it when the user needs prior context; store durable facts or preferences when they ask or when it clearly helps later.

3. Files (optional)

Files is for PDFs or documents you want in the project as fixed reference. That is separate from OctaMem, which is live memory over MCP.

4. Use OctaMem in this project

Start a chat inside the project. Next to the input, tap +, choose Connectors, and enable OctaMem. For fewer prompts, use Settings → Connectors → Configure → Tool permissions → Always allow, as in the first section above.