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Claude Code Setup

Configure gopls-mcp with Claude Code.

Setup gopls-mcp for Your Project

Section titled “Setup gopls-mcp for Your Project”

Ensure claude code is installed, and run command below to add mcp server into claude code.

Terminal window
claude mcp add gopls-mcp -- gopls-mcp

You will see the similar log below if succeed.

Added stdio MCP server gopls-mcp with command: gopls-mcp to local config
File modified: /home/xieyuschen/.claude.json
[project: /home/xieyuschen/codespace/gopls-mcproot]

Configure Project Instructions (CLAUDE.md)

Section titled “Configure Project Instructions (CLAUDE.md)”

Claude needs specific instructions to know when to use the semantic tools. Run this command in your project root to add the rules (safe for both new and existing projects): The script creates the file if it doesn’t exist; preserves content if it does)

Terminal window
curl -sL https://gopls-mcp.org/gopls-mcp.prompt >> CLAUDE.md

Verify gopls-mcp

Section titled “Verify gopls-mcp”

Inside claude code, run /mcp command to verify gopls-mcp is availble.

(claude)> /mcp

If the tool is successfully added, you will see similiar output below:

 Manage MCP servers
 1 server


   Local MCPs (/home/xieyuschen/.claude.json
   [project: /home/xieyuschen/codespace/gopls-mcproot])
 ❯ gopls-mcp · ✔ connected


 https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp for help