Connect your agent

Connect Claude Code

Configure Claude Code to ship an app from your local workspace.

Prepare your connection

Complete “Set up the Shipped connector” first. You need the local connector, absolute paths, and a private SHIPPED_API_TOKEN environment variable.

This guide is for Claude Code. A connector added to Claude’s web chat does not launch this local server.

Add Shipped

Add this server entry to .mcp.json in your app folder. Merge it with your existing configuration so other servers stay available. Replace the sample paths with your own.

The example references your token’s environment variable. It contains no token value.

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shipped": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/node",
      "args": [
        "--import",
        "/absolute/path/to/Shipped Platform/node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs",
        "/absolute/path/to/Shipped Platform/apps/mcp/src/index.ts"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SHIPPED_API_URL": "https://app.shippedit.io",
        "SHIPPED_WORKSPACE_ROOT": "/absolute/path/to/your/app",
        "SHIPPED_API_TOKEN": "${SHIPPED_API_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Check the tools

Restart Claude Code in your app folder. Review the project MCP trust prompt, then use /mcp to check that shipped is connected.

Ask the agent to list your Shipped projects. Confirm the workspace before giving it a deployment instruction.

Prompt

List my Shipped projects, then help me plan this app’s deployment.

Client configuration checked October 15, 2026. Official Claude Code MCP documentation.

Prepare your connection

Add Shipped

Check the tools

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