Set up jobContext with Claude Desktop

Install Python 3

Open Terminal and check if Python is already installed:

python3 --version

If you see "command not found", download Python from python.org/downloads and install it.

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/JustLikeFrank3/jobContextMCP
cd jobContextMCP
python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Create your config file

cp config.example.json config.json

Open config.json in any text editor. Fill in your name, email, phone, and LinkedIn. The openai_api_key field can be left blank for now — it is only needed for RAG search features, not tone samples or outreach.

Wire it to Claude Desktop

Make sure Claude Desktop is installed, then open this file in a text editor (create it if it does not exist):

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Paste this, replacing the paths with wherever you cloned the repo:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jobContextMCP": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/jobContextMCP/.venv/bin/python3",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/jobContextMCP/server.py"],
      "cwd": "/absolute/path/to/jobContextMCP"
    }
  }
}

Example on Mac: /Users/yourname/jobContextMCP/.venv/bin/python3

Bootstrap your workspace

Restart Claude Desktop. Then in a Claude chat, say:

The tool will ask for your info and create all your data files from scratch.

Add tone samples

Ask Claude to log_tone_sample from any message you write. After a few samples, get_tone_profile will reflect your voice and Claude can draft outreach in your register.