[BUG] Desktop app: /mcp opens Connectors panel that omits project-scoped (.mcp.json) servers — no way to check their status
Environment: Claude Code desktop app, macOS (Darwin 25.5.0)
What happens: In a desktop-app session, typing /mcp opens the Connectors panel. That panel lists only account-level claude.ai connectors. MCP servers registered in the project's .mcp.json (project scope) do not appear — even when they are demonstrably connected and serving tools in the active session.
Expected: /mcp should show all MCP servers attached to the current session — including project-scoped servers from .mcp.json — with their connection status, as the CLI's /mcp dialog and claude mcp list do.
Impact: There is no UI affordance in the desktop app to verify whether a project-scoped server is active or failed. The only workarounds are asking the model to probe a tool, or running claude mcp list in a separate terminal.
Repro:
- Project with
.mcp.jsonregistering any stdio server (e.g. Laravel Boost:vendor/bin/sail artisan boost:mcp). - Open the project in the desktop app; confirm the server's tools respond in-session.
- Type
/mcp→ Connectors panel opens → the project server is absent.
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