Cannot locate the logs

[VianneyMI]

Describe the bug
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I am following the servers tutorial and as I am having several issues. I am trying to check the logs to understand what is going on but I can't locate the logs file as advertized below

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Follow the tutorial : https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/server#claude-for-desktop-integration-issues
2. Search for the logs as described in the Troubleshooting section

Expected behavior
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I expect to be able to locate mcp-server-SERVERNAME.log files

Logs
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That's the problem

Additional context
I am on Windows but I have already tried the below

The equivalent location for Claude for Desktop logs in Windows would be:

Mac Path (from the image)
~/Library/Logs/Claude/

Windows Equivalent

C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Claude\Logs\

This is where most application logs are stored in Windows.
Log Files Mapping
Mac: mcp.log → Windows: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Claude\Logs\mcp.log
Mac: mcp-server-SERVERNAME.log → Windows: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Claude\Logs\mcp-server-SERVERNAME.log

Windows Equivalent of the Tail Command

The command shown in the image (tail -n 20 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log) is used in macOS/Linux to continuously monitor log files.

powershell
Get-Content "C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Claude\Logs\mcp.log" -Wait -Tail 20
Or, if you have Git Bash or WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) installed, you can use:

bash

tail -n 20 -f "C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Claude\Logs\mcp.log"

[alexitaccount4u]

@VianneyMI have you tried to name your server using single word or using camel case? When I use dash in the name, it won't generate the log; when I remove the dash from the name, it works.

[GersonGv]

In Windows you can find the logs here: AppData\Roaming\Claude\logs

[olaservo]

I think this type of issue or question would be better to post in the Discussions instead: https://github.com/orgs/modelcontextprotocol/discussions

Unfortunately I can't auto-convert this to a Discussion, but feel free to re-post this issue there if its still happening.