flowchart TD A[Start in VS Code] --> B[Write server.py with MCP tools and env based config] B --> C["Install deps in venv: mcp[cli], requests, anyio"] C --> D["Strava app settings: Authorisation Callback Domain = localhost, Website = http://localhost"] D --> E["In Claude Desktop add server env vars:<br/>STRAVA_CLIENT_ID, STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET,<br/>STRAVA_REDIRECT_URI, STRAVA_TOKEN_PATH, STRAVA_SCOPES"] E --> F[Claude launches MCP server via venv python and args server.py] F --> G{You run oauth_login in Claude} G --> H[Server starts local callback on http://localhost:8723/callback and opens browser] H --> I[You sign in to Strava and authorise] I --> J[Strava redirects back with code] J --> K["Server POST /oauth/token with client_id, client_secret, code"] K --> |200 OK| L["Server saves access_token, refresh_token, expires_at to STRAVA_TOKEN_PATH"] L --> M[You call list_activities or get_activity from Claude] M --> N{Is access_token expired soon} N -- Yes --> O["Server POST /oauth/token with refresh_token to get new tokens"] O --> L N -- No --> P["Server calls Strava API with Authorization: Bearer access_token"] P --> Q[JSON returns to MCP server] Q --> R[Claude replies to you with a summary] %% Error branch during login K --> |401 or other error| S{Error type} S --> |client_secret invalid| T[Fix STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET in Claude env then run oauth_login again] S --> |client_id invalid| U[Fix STRAVA_CLIENT_ID then run oauth_login again] S --> |redirect_uri mismatch| V[Keep STRAVA_REDIRECT_URI = http://localhost:8723/callback and dashboard domain = localhost] S --> |code invalid or expired| W[Run oauth_login again and authorise promptly]

cd C:\Users\AtikantJain\mcp-strava python -m venv .venv . .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 pip install -r requirements.txt