Connecting Claude Desktop

This guide walks you through connecting Krafter's MCP server to Claude Desktop so Claude can create and edit your resumes.

Prerequisites

• Claude Desktop installed (available at claude.ai/download)
• A Krafter account with an MCP API key (Settings → MCP → Generate key)

Configuration

Open your Claude Desktop config file. On macOS/Linux it is at ~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json; on Windows at %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json.

Add a krafter entry under mcpServers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krafter": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://krafter.app/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key from Krafter Settings. The Settings page shows a pre-filled snippet with your actual key.

Verifying the connection

Restart Claude Desktop, then open a new conversation and type: "List my Krafter resumes". Claude should respond with a list of your resumes from Krafter. If you see an error, double-check the API key and that the config file is valid JSON.

Example prompts

Once connected, try asking Claude:

• "Create a resume for a senior backend engineer applying to Stripe. Include 5 years at Acme Corp building payment APIs."
• "Update my resume to tailor the summary for a product manager role."
• "Duplicate my resume and tailor the copy for a data science position."
• "Switch my resume to the Rakaposhi template with a dark blue accent color."
• "Update just the skills section — add Python and Kubernetes, remove jQuery."
• "List available templates so I can pick a new design."
• "Delete my old draft resume."
• "Show me the schema for a Krafter resume so I can fill it in manually."