Guru MCP Server for Claude Desktop 12 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
Claude Desktop is Anthropic's native application for interacting with Claude AI models on macOS and Windows. It was the first consumer application to ship with built-in MCP support, making it the reference implementation for the Model Context Protocol standard.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"guru": {
// Your Vinkius token — get it at cloud.vinkius.com
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
}
}
}
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About Guru MCP Server
Connect your Guru (Getguru) workspace to any AI agent to automate your knowledge management and enterprise wiki workflows through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Guru is the AI-powered source of truth that organizes company information into verified cards. This MCP server enables you to retrieve knowledge cards, manage collections, and search your entire workspace directly through natural conversation.
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Guru to your AI workflow. Add the Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 12 tools in the chat interface — ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
Key Features
- Knowledge Card Oversight — List all knowledge cards, fetch detailed structured content (extended metadata), and create or update cards instantly.
- Collection Management — Access and list high-level enterprise groupings (collections) to understand how your knowledge is organized.
- AI-Powered Search — Execute powerful searches across all enterprise knowledge silos to isolate answers and verify facts.
- Board Discovery — Access board structures that pin collections for specific department or project discovery.
- Security & Access Control — List user groups and workspace members to verify knowledge permissions and authorized scopes.
- Verification Tracking — Monitor the verification state of your cards to ensure your AI assistant is always using the source of truth.
- Real-time Synchronization — Keep your company's collective intelligence accessible to your AI assistant without leaving your primary workspace.
The Guru MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
How to Connect Guru to Claude Desktop via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the Guru MCP Server with Claude Desktop.
Open Claude Desktop Settings
Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json
Add the MCP Server
Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section
Restart Claude Desktop
Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server
Start using Guru
Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat — your 12 tools are now available
Why Use Claude Desktop with the Guru MCP Server
Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with Guru through the Model Context Protocol.
Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client — it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
Enterprise-grade security with local config storage — your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to the Vinkius Edge network
Guru + Claude Desktop Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the Guru MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation
Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies — all through natural language
Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary
Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation
Guru MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (12)
These 12 tools become available when you connect Guru to Claude Desktop via MCP:
create_knowledge_card
Create new card
delete_knowledge_card
Remove a card
get_card_details
Get card content
get_collection_details
Get collection metadata
list_access_groups
List user groups
list_knowledge_boards
List boards
list_knowledge_cards
List knowledge cards
list_knowledge_collections
List all collections
list_workspace_members
List team members
search_knowledge_base
Search all cards
update_knowledge_card
Modify a card
verify_api_connection
Check connection
Example Prompts for Guru in Claude Desktop
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with Guru immediately.
"Search my Guru wiki for 'Remote Work Policy'."
"List all my knowledge collections in Guru."
"Create a new knowledge card: 'How to setup MCP' in the 'Engineering' collection."
Troubleshooting Guru MCP Server with Claude Desktop
Common issues when connecting Guru to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
Server not appearing after restart
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).Authentication error
Tools not showing in chat
Guru + Claude Desktop FAQ
Common questions about integrating Guru MCP Server with Claude Desktop.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?
Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?
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Connect Guru to Claude Desktop
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 12 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.