# Claude Desktop

> Claude Desktop is an officially published AI tool from Anthropic. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/claude-desktop
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Anthropic
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://claude.ai/download
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/claude-desktop

## Description

Desktop AI assistant with MCP server support and extensions

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `claude-desktop-skill` — Claude Desktop skills (user-scope)
- `claude-desktop-ssh-configs` — SSH connections configured in the desktop app (counts only)
    - win32: `${APPDATA}\Claude\ssh_configs.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Claude/ssh_configs.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/claude-desktop/ssh_configs.json`
- `claude-desktop-mcp` — MCP server configuration
    - win32: `${APPDATA}\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/claude-desktop/claude_desktop_config.json`
- `claude-desktop-managed-prefs` — MDM machine policy (extension gates, workspace folders, Cowork controls)
- `claude-desktop-managed-settings` — Enterprise managed settings (Linux)
    - linux: `/etc/claude-desktop/managed-settings.json`
- `claude-desktop-extensions` — Installed Claude Desktop extensions / connectors (DXT)
- `claude-desktop-mcp-msix` — MCP server configuration (Windows MSIX/Store install)
- `claude-desktop-extensions-msix` — Installed Claude Desktop extensions / connectors (DXT) — Windows MSIX install

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json