# Getting started

Install ameriflux-mcp on macOS, Linux or Windows, connect an MCP client, set up the download identity and tune the configuration.

* [Install ameriflux-mcp](install.md) - Install ameriflux-mcp on macOS, Linux or Windows with uv and the install script, register it by hand, verify, upgrade or remove it.
* [Quickstart](quickstart.md) - A first session with ameriflux-mcp: register it with Claude Code, check it with amf_ping, find a tower, check its data and get a citation.
* [Download identity](identity.md) - What AmeriFlux downloads disclose, how to create an account, and how to give ameriflux-mcp your user ID, email and intended use.
* [Clients](clients.md) - Register ameriflux-mcp with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Goose, OpenCode and VS Code, or a hosted server over HTTP.
* [Configuration](configuration.md) - Configure ameriflux-mcp with a YAML file, AMERIFLUX_MCP_ environment variables or flags; precedence rules and every setting with its default.
* [Sync downloads to CyVerse](sync-cyverse.md) - Mirror the ameriflux-mcp download folder to the CyVerse Data Store with a GoCommands sync script that launchd (macOS) or cron (Linux) runs hourly.