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Once you’ve installed the MCP server, add it to your AI assistant. Replace /absolute/path/to/core_api/mcp with the local checkout path on your machine, and your_token_here with your API token.

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Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows): 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "loyaltydog": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "server"],
      "cwd": "/absolute/path/to/core_api/mcp",
      "env": {
        "LOYALTYDOG_API_URL": "https://api.loyalty.dog/api/v2",
        "LOYALTYDOG_API_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

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Claude Code (CLI)

From any project directory: 
claude mcp add loyaltydog \
  --command python3 \
  --args -m server \
  --cwd /absolute/path/to/core_api/mcp \
  --env LOYALTYDOG_API_URL=https://api.loyalty.dog/api/v2 \
  --env LOYALTYDOG_API_TOKEN=your_token_here

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Cursor

Edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "loyaltydog": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "server"],
      "cwd": "/absolute/path/to/core_api/mcp",
      "env": {
        "LOYALTYDOG_API_URL": "https://api.loyalty.dog/api/v2",
        "LOYALTYDOG_API_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json: 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "loyaltydog": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "server"],
      "cwd": "/absolute/path/to/core_api/mcp",
      "env": {
        "LOYALTYDOG_API_URL": "https://api.loyalty.dog/api/v2",
        "LOYALTYDOG_API_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Verify

In your AI assistant, ask:
“List my LoyaltyDog programs.”
You should see the assistant call the MCP server and return real data scoped to your token.
If the client can’t find the server, check that python3 is on your PATH and that cwd points to the directory containing server.py.