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Install Claude Desktop

Install Claude Desktop

Install Claude Desktop (important that it’s the desktop version).

Install Node.js

Install node.js, needed for the mcp-remote integration.
3

Create an account

If you don’t already have one, create an account.
4

Open Claude Desktop

Launch the app to get started.

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Modify configuration file

1

Open Developer settings

Under Settings, go to Developer.
Click settings
2

Edit the config

Click Edit Config.
Click edit config
3

Open the config file

Open the claude_desktop_config.json file in a text editor.

Add the Statista server

Copy/paste the snippet below into the file, replacing YOUR_API_KEY with the provided API Key.
{
  "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"
      }
    }
  }
}
5

Save the file

Save your changes.

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Use the MCP Server in Claude Desktop

1

Restart Claude Desktop

Once your configuration file is successfully modified and saved, close down Claude Desktop and open it again.
2

Confirm Statista is enabled

Now, under Search and tools you should see statista enabled.
Statista tool should be enabled
You’re good to go! Now you can do market research with Statista and Claude Desktop on Mac 🎉