Claude Desktop

Integrate Intutic governance with Claude Desktop — Anthropic's desktop application.

How it works

Intutic monitors and updates claude_desktop_config.json to route LLM requests through the local proxy. It also wraps configure-level Model Context Protocol (MCP) server endpoints using the Intutic MCP proxy to intercept tool calls.

Setup

1. Initialize Intutic

intutic init

The CLI detects Claude Desktop and registers it as a harness:

✓ Detected harnesses:
  • claude-desktop -> ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Start the proxy

intutic start

Have an Intutic account or run your own control plane? Use intutic connect instead. It starts the same proxy and adds bidirectional config sync.

What gets written

Intutic updates the Claude Desktop configuration file claude_desktop_config.json:

• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Example claude_desktop_config.json

1. Standalone Governance Server Mode

Exposes Intutic governance tools (intutic_governance_status, intutic_list_sops, intutic_list_incidents) directly to Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "intutic": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@intutic/mcp-governance-proxy"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NODE_ENV": "production",
        "PINO_DEST": "stderr"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Governed Proxy Mode (Wrapping Downstream MCP Servers)

Wraps downstream MCP servers (e.g. Filesystem or Postgres) to intercept and evaluate tool calls before execution:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "intutic_governed_filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@intutic/mcp-governance-proxy",
        "--workspace-id",
        "wk_production",
        "--",
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/Users/username"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NODE_ENV": "production",
        "PINO_DEST": "stderr"
      }
    }
  }
}