Set Up MCP in Claude Desktop: Bearer Token + Banking Compliance Demo

Original author：OutcomeOps

Original source：https://www.youtube.com/embed/6aPOQcAxftY

Stop pasting source code into Claude. This video shows how to connect Claude Desktop to your private codebase via MCP — then asks Claude a real PCI compliance question that gets answered with cited file paths from your actual code. A complete walkthrough: generate a Bearer token in OutcomeOps, drop it into your claude_desktop_config.json, and watch Claude call MCP tools against your knowledge base. Built for engineering teams in regulated industries — banking, fintech, healthcare — who can't paste source code into a public AI tool. Chapters 0:00 Why MCP matters 0:10 Settings page → API keys 0:20 Create the Bearer token 0:30 Copy once, only once 0:39 Active keys list 0:48 Connection guide — Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop 1:03 Claude Desktop sees OutcomeOps over MCP 1:08 A real PCI compliance question 1:18 Claude calls OutcomeOps tools 1:28 Grounded answer with file citations + architecture design pattern 1:48 Why this changes compliance work What you'll learn • How to generate an API Bearer token in OutcomeOps • How to configure Claude Desktop for MCP via mcp-remote (stdio bridge) • How Claude calls MCP tools (query_knowledge_base, list_workspace_documents) • How grounded responses cite real file paths and architecture design patterns from your codebase Why this matters for banking + fintech The demo uses a PCI compliance scope query — the kind of question banking engineers actually have to answer for SAQ-D attestation. OutcomeOps deploys into your own AWS account; your source code never leaves your environment. No data exfiltration, no third-party SaaS exposure. Read more • OutcomeOps — the platform: https://www.outcomeops.ai • The Rise of the Outcome Engineer: https://www.outcomeops.ai/blogs/the-rise-of-the-outcome-engineer • Brian Carpio (founder): https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancarpio/ #claudedesktop #MCP #ModelContextProtocol #Anthropic #AIForBanking #PCICompliance #outcomeops