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Install Hoist Assets in Claude Desktop.

Anthropic's macOS/Windows desktop app. The most-installed MCP host.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonTested 2026-05

The config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hoist-assets": {
      "url": "https://mcp.assets.hoistai.com",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Steps

  1. Open Claude Desktop. Mac: Cmd , → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json.
  2. Paste the snippet above into mcpServers. If you already have other servers, just add the hoist-assets entry alongside them.
  3. Save and restart Claude Desktop. Quit completely (Cmd Q), then reopen. The MCP indicator should show "hoist-assets" connected.
  4. First time: approve OAuth. Claude will pop a browser window the first time you ask it to use a Hoist tool. Sign in, grant the scopes, done — subsequent calls use the cached token.

Smoke test

In a new chat: "Use Hoist Assets to look up ABN 11 695 718 659 and tell me the trading name." Claude will call abn_lookup, then return the response.

Troubleshooting

  • OAuth window doesn't open. Check your default browser is set and pop-ups aren't blocked. On macOS you may need to grant Claude Desktop accessibility permissions.
  • Tools don't appear after install. Restart the host completely. Some hosts cache the tool list at startup.
  • 403 on calls. Re-approve OAuth — the cached token may have expired or had scopes revoked.
  • Still stuck? Drop a note on GitHub Issues with the host name and the error message.

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