How to connect the System Log Seeker MCP Tool to Claude Desktop
Efficiently tails and seeks through large system logs with keyword filtering. This guide provides the exact configuration required to load the tail_system_logs tool inside Claude Desktop.
Step 1: Open the configuration file
Locate and open your Claude Desktop configuration file at the following path:
macOS / Linux
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonWindows
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.jsonStep 2: Add the server config
Copy and paste the following JSON snippet into the file. Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.
claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"agenticstore": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["agentic-store-mcp", "--tools", "tail_system_logs"]
}
}
}Step 3: Try it out
Once restarted, ask Claude Desktop something like this to trigger the tool:
"Tail the last 100 lines of my app.log containing 'Error'."