Integration guide
apifare for Claude Desktop
Give Claude Desktop one prepaid key for every API it needs. There is no separate provider account or provider API key for eligible capabilities, and it all runs under hard caps and a kill switch.
1 · Get a key
Create an account at /start: email in, token out (shown once). Save the token somewhere safe.
2 · Add apifare to Claude Desktop
Add this to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config): on macOS in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, on Windows in %APPDATA%\Claude\.
{
"mcpServers": {
"apifare": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "apifare-mcp"],
"env": { "APIPAY_TOKEN": "<your-token>" }
}
}
}Replace <your-token> with your token. Quit and reopen Claude Desktop: apifare appears among its tools.
3 · Try it
Ask Claude Desktop to search the web for X, then to fetch a URL, then what's the weather in London. Every call is debited from your balance and lands on your signed, exportable audit chain.
4 · Stay in control
Set daily or monthly caps per agent, and keep the kill switch ready. Both are checked before a call is dispatched. When the balance runs out, your agent gets an HTTP 402 with a top-up link it can hand you; the error catalog lists every stop and what unblocks it.
What Claude Desktop can call
Everything on the key: search, filings, registries, weather, and ready-to-run tools, plus any provider key you vault yourself. Exact per-call prices are on /capabilities.
Config checked against Claude Desktop's MCP docs on 2026-09-12. Markdown version: /integrations/claude-desktop.md.
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