How to Install and Run MCP Sally on MacOS

Getting Started

1. Install Homebrew

Visit https://brew.sh/

Click the copy button on the Homebrew website.

Open Terminal on your Mac and paste the command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Wait for the installation to finish.

When prompted, copy and run each of the following lines in your Terminal (replace (user) with your macOS username):

echo >> /Users/(user)/.zprofile

echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/(user)/.zprofile

eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

2. Install pnpm

In your Terminal, type:

brew install pnpm

Press Enter, then wait for the installation to finish.

Download the Sally MCP Repository

Go to: https://github.com/sally-labs/

Open the sally-mcp repository.

Click the Code button → Download ZIP.

After downloading, extract/unzip the ZIP file.

Open the folder sally-mcp-main.

Right-click the folder and select New Terminal at Folder.

In the Terminal, run:

brew install node

Please wait until it finishes.

Then run:

pnpm install

Wait until installation completes.

3. Install Claude Desktop

Visit: https://www.claude.com/download

Download the macOS version.

Run the installer.

(Optional) You can also follow this video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58py_Es696k

After installation, open the Claude app.

Configure Claude to Use MCP Sally

In Claude, click the Toggle Sidebar button.

Click your Profile icon → Settings.

Select Developer.

Click Edit Config.

Choose the file claude_desktop_config.json and open it with TextEdit.

Add Sally MCP Configuration

Open: https://github.com/sally-labs/sally-mcp

Copy the section labeled “Step 3: Configure Your MCP Client.”

Paste it into your claude_desktop_config.json.

Update Two Required Fields:

PATH_TO_YOUR_MCP_SERVER

• Go to your sally-mcp-main folder.

• Copy its full path.

• Replace PATH_TO_YOUR_MCP_SERVER with that folder path.

{YOUR_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY}

• Copy your crypto wallet's private key.

• Paste it into {YOUR_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY}.

Then go to the sally-mcp-main folder and copy its pathname.

Then paste it into PATH_TO_YOUR_MCP_SERVER as shown in the image below:

Verify MCP Sally is Active

In Claude, open Search & Tools.

Check if MCP Ask-Sally appears as active.

Test It Out

Try a prompt that starts with ask Sally, for example:

ask Sally what is CGM?

Claude should now return an answer processed through MCP Sally.