# `mix localize_mcp`
[🔗](https://github.com/elixir-localize/localize_mcp/blob/v0.2.0/lib/mix/tasks/localize_mcp.ex#L1)

Starts the Localize MCP server on stdio, the transport Claude
Desktop / Claude Code / Zed use by default.

## Usage

    mix localize_mcp

Logs go to stderr; JSON-RPC frames go on stdin/stdout. The task
blocks until the OS process is killed.

## Host configuration

See the [Host configuration guide](https://hexdocs.pm/localize_mcp/host_configuration.html) for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, ChatGPT, and Zed. The Claude Code one-liner, run inside the project directory:

    claude mcp add localize -- mix localize_mcp

Hosts without a per-project working directory launch via a login shell: `sh -lc "cd /path/to/project && mix localize_mcp"`.

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*