IT Knowledge MCP

Claude Desktop

Anthropic's desktop app (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise plan)

1. Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
2. Enter the server URL: https://kb-mcp.eds.umd.edu/mcp
3. Complete the UMD CAS login when prompted

Alternatively, add via config file using the mcp-remote bridge:

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "umd-kb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote",
        "https://kb-mcp.eds.umd.edu/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Command-line assistant

1. Run in your terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http umd-kb https://kb-mcp.eds.umd.edu/mcp

Cursor

AI code editor

1. Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json globally):

// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "umd-kb": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://kb-mcp.eds.umd.edu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

AI code editor by Codeium

1. Open or create ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
2. Add:

// ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "umd-kb": {
      "serverUrl": "https://kb-mcp.eds.umd.edu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Windsurf

Atlassian Rovo

Atlassian AI integrations (requires org admin)

1. Go to Atlassian Administration → Apps → Sites → select your site
2. Open Connected apps → Add external MCP server
3. Select Custom MCP server and enter: https://kb-mcp.eds.umd.edu/mcp
4. Registration and auth are handled automatically via OAuth

Other tools

Any MCP client with Streamable HTTP and OAuth 2.1

1. Server URL: https://kb-mcp.eds.umd.edu/mcp
2. OAuth metadata is auto-discovered at /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server