Connect to Claude Desktop (Mac)

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.platform.statista.ai/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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Install Claude Desktop

1. Install Claude Desktop (important that it’s the desktop version)
2. Install node.js, needed for the mcp-remote integration.
3. If you don’t already have one; create an account
4. Open Claude Desktop

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Modify configuration file

1. Under Settings, go to Developer
2. Click Edit Config

3. Open the claude_desktop_config.json file in a text editor
4. Copy/paste below snippet into the file, replace YOUR_API_KEY with the provided API Key
5. Save file

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "statista": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.statista.ai/v1/mcp",
        "--transport",
        "http-only",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key: ${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Use the MCP Server in Claude Desktop