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Use Claude Desktop when the agent lives in Claude’s desktop app rather than a coding terminal. Fortress uses Claude’s remote custom connector flow for this runtime.

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Generate the connector URL

  1. Open Agents in Fortress.
  2. Create or rotate an agent.
  3. Choose Claude Desktop as the runtime.
  4. Copy the generated connector name and URL.
The setup page shows: 
Connector name: fortress-<agent>
Connector URL: https://api.fortressproductivity.com/mcp?agent_id=<agent-id>

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Add the connector

  1. Open Claude Desktop.
  2. Go to Settings > Connectors.
  3. Add a custom connector.
  4. Paste the Fortress MCP URL.
  5. Click Connect and complete the Fortress OAuth consent flow.
Fortress uses the agent_id query parameter to preselect the intended agent during consent.

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What not to do

Do not add Fortress remote MCP to claude_desktop_config.json. Anthropic treats that file as the local MCP-server mechanism; remote connectors for Claude Desktop are configured through Connectors.

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Verify

Enable the connector in a conversation and ask Claude to read fortress://workspace/overview. See Anthropic’s remote MCP custom connector guide.