MCP Setup

Tesseract includes an MCP server that lets your AI read your screen history. Once connected, you can ask things like "What did I work on yesterday?" and get real answers.

Claude Code

Add Tesseract to your Claude Code config:

Option 1: Via the CLI

/mcp add tesseract-memory /Applications/Tesseract.app/Contents/MacOS/tesseract-mcp

Option 2: Edit ~/.claude.json directly

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tesseract-memory": {
      "command": "/Applications/Tesseract.app/Contents/MacOS/tesseract-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Code after adding the server.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Copy the JSON config from Tesseract's menu bar:

1. Click the Tesseract icon in your menu bar
2. Go to Copy MCP Config > Claude Desktop / Cursor (JSON)
3. Paste into your app's MCP config file

Verify it works

After connecting, try asking your AI:

• "What was I working on this morning?"
• "Summarize my day for a timesheet"
• "Find that PR I was reviewing yesterday"

If the AI can answer with specific details about your screen activity, it's working.

Next steps