Cannot Get Demo or live version to work in Claude

[jombolo]

I've installed exactly as it shows, but cannot get this thing to connect. Any help would be greatly appreaciated.

[pratikrath126]

Hey! Sorry you’re hitting that. A few practical checks that usually surface the issue:

• Confirm the MCP server is actually running and listening (e.g., logs show “listening on …”).
• Verify the Claude desktop app is pointing at the correct local URL/port.
• Make sure any firewall or local security tool isn’t blocking the port.
• If the setup uses an API token, double‑check it’s set in the right env var.

If you can paste the logs from the MCP server startup and the exact error in Claude, we can narrow it down quickly.

[jombolo]

Hey Pratik,

Happy to get you the logs from the MCP server startup...how do i do that. I'm a smooth brained idiot just trying to get claude to help me do cool shit with HA :). Claude told me to go to the Details tab of Task Manager in Windows and search for uvx or ha-mcp, but nothing comes up.

it also tells me to paste uvx ha-mcp@latest into powershell and here's what i get from that. If there's another way to grab logs, let me know

[Gaffer134]

+1 here with same problem