docs(mcp): add missing --transport http flag to Claude Code command#661
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The Claude Code CLI requires the --transport http flag when adding HTTP-based MCP servers. Without it, the URL is interpreted as a stdio command, causing the connection to fail. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
--transport httpflag to the Claude Code MCP setup commandProblem
The current documentation shows:
Without the
--transport httpflag, Claude Code interprets the URL as a stdio command instead of an HTTP server, producing this error:The server gets added incorrectly as a stdio server, and the MCP connection fails.
Fix
The command should be:
Note: The API key variant in the
<details>section already had the correct--transport httpflag - only the OAuth version was missing it.🤖 Generated with Claude Code