From 281cf291581915f0fedf3abd14daa36cb182985e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tevon Strand-Brown <19849533+tevonsb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:56:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md with Claude use

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 README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -246,6 +246,30 @@ TEST_HASS_TOKEN=test_token           # Test token
 2. **Production**: Copy `.env.example` to `.env.production`
 3. **Testing**: Copy `.env.example` to `.env.test`
 
+### Adding to Claude Desktop (or other clients)
+
+To use your new Home Assistant MCP server, you can add Claude Desktop as a client. Add the following to the configuration. Note this will run the MCP within claude and does not work with the Docker method.
+
+```
+{
+  "homeassistant": {
+    "command": "node",
+    "args": [<path/to/your/dist/folder>]
+    "env": {
+      NODE_ENV=development
+      HASS_HOST=http://homeassistant.local:8123
+      HASS_TOKEN=your_home_assistant_token
+      PORT=3000
+      HASS_SOCKET_URL=ws://homeassistant.local:8123/api/websocket
+      LOG_LEVEL=debug
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+```
+
+
+
 ## API Reference
 
 ### Device Control