Claude Desktop is the easiest way to use Church Latin AI — no command line required. Follow these five steps.
Go to claude.com/download and install the app for Mac or Windows. Sign in with your Anthropic account (free).
Sign up for the free tier at churchlatin.ai/#free — no credit card needed. Your API key arrives by email within a minute.
The config file is a plain text file. Here is how to find it:
Mac: In Finder, press Cmd + Shift + G, paste this path and press Enter:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/
Open claude_desktop_config.json in TextEdit.
Windows: Press Win + R, paste %APPDATA%\Claude and press Enter.
Open claude_desktop_config.json in Notepad.
If the file does not exist yet, create it. If it is empty, start with {}.
Paste this into the config file, replacing YOUR_API_KEY with the key from your welcome email:
If the file already has other servers listed inside "mcpServers", add a comma after the last one and paste the "church-latin": {...} block inside the existing braces — do not add a second "mcpServers" key. Not sure? Email us and we will help.
Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop. On Mac, right-click the dock icon and choose Quit (closing the window is not enough). On Windows, right-click the system tray icon and choose Quit. Then paste this into the chat:
You should see Claude call the Church Latin tools and return expanded text with the Gregorian date. If you see an error, check that the API key in the config file matches your welcome email exactly.
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