Claude Desktop was the first mainstream application to ship Model Context Protocol support, and it remains the most polished MCP host. Pointing it at a document knowledge base is a two-config-block job: one block registers the server, and from then on Claude can search your PDFs, cite pages, and quote passages verbatim.
What you get with 3meel + Claude Desktop
- A per-account MCP endpoint that Claude Desktop connects to over streamable HTTP.
- Tools for query_kb, list_documents, list_knowledge_bases, and memory_save.
- Page-level citations returned on every result so Claude can quote the exact page.
- Per-key rate limits (60 requests per minute) and scoped API keys for safety.
How setup works
- Create a free 3meel account and upload at least one PDF.
- Generate an API key in Settings → API Keys.
- Open Claude Desktop's config file and paste the block we give you on the /docs page.
- Restart Claude Desktop and ask a question about your document.
Why Claude Desktop is a particularly good host
Claude handles long tool schemas well, explains its retrieval decisions on request, and preserves citations in its replies without extra prompting. For document question-answering, that is exactly the combination you want.
Limits and costs
Free plan: 1 knowledge base, 5 documents, 100 queries per month. Pro ($17/mo, 7-day trial): 10 knowledge bases, 100 files per KB, 3,000 queries per month, 1 GB storage, 5 API keys. Every plan gives Claude Desktop the same MCP surface; higher tiers just raise the ceilings.
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