Claude Desktop is Anthropic's desktop app. Compresh integrates via the Model Context Protocol — Claude can call the compress tool whenever a conversation grows long.
Hook SOON
Not applicable. Claude Desktop has no public hook surface comparable to Claude Code's UserPromptSubmit.
MCP (compresh-mcp) SOON
Install compresh-mcp via pipx and register it in claude_desktop_config.json. Once enabled, Claude can call the compress tool with the recent conversation, send the result back as a system message, and continue from there with a fraction of the original token cost.
Status: under verification. Step-by-step install guide will land once we've reproduced the end-to-end flow.
Proxy SOON
Not applicable. Claude Desktop uses Anthropic's first-party transport and does not expose a swappable base URL.
Related
- Claude Code — terminal counterpart with a hook surface
- /v1/tul1 reference