diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 7f20867..78731fe 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The codebase is split into two layers:
 
 **`bcc_core.py`** — All logic with no GUI imports. Contains:
 - `Profile` / `ServerEntry` dataclasses (the data model)
-- `discover_profiles()` — scans the platform's app-support directory for `Claude*` folders (Claude Desktop) **and** always adds `~/.claude/settings.json` (Claude Code, cross-platform)
+- `discover_profiles()` — scans the platform's app-support directory for `Claude*` folders (Claude Desktop) **and** always adds `~/.claude.json` (Claude Code user scope — what `claude mcp add` writes). `~/.claude/settings.json` is NOT a server config (it rejects `mcpServers` with a schema error) and is only surfaced, labelled legacy, if servers are found parked in it. Project-scope `.mcp.json` files can be opened via Add config…
 - `load_config` / `extract_servers` / `apply_servers` / `write_config` — the read/write pipeline; writes are atomic with rotating timestamped backups in `.bcc_backups/`
 - `parse_pasted_json()` / `parse_pasted_json_verbose()` — accepts three JSON shapes (full config, inner map, or bare server object). Input does not have to be valid JSON: `repair_json_text()` auto-fixes markdown fences, surrounding prose, `//` `/* */` `#` comments, trailing/missing commas, smart quotes, single quotes, unquoted keys, Python/JS literals, and unclosed braces. The verbose variant also returns human-readable notes describing every repair applied (shown live in the paste dialog)
 - `check_dependency()` / `diagnostics_text()` / `pin_command_path()` — PATH resolution logic; distinguishes "found on normal PATH" (ok) vs "found only on augmented PATH" (warn) vs "not found" (missing). Uses an `lru_cache`-memoized `augmented_path()` that extends the inherited PATH with common runtime locations (nvm, homebrew, cargo, volta, etc.)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9b4d08..fbba496 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ python bcc.py
 
 - **Auto-discovers installs** — scans the platform's app-support folder for any
   `Claude*` directory (so `Claude` and `Claude-Work` both show up) **and** finds
-  Claude Code at `~/.claude/settings.json`. Use **Add config…** to point at any
-  other file manually.
+  Claude Code's user-scope config at `~/.claude.json` (the file `claude mcp add`
+  writes). Use **Add config…** to point at any other file manually — e.g. a
+  project's `.mcp.json`.
 - **Form-based editing** — name, command, args (one per line), env vars, or for
   remote servers: URL, transport, and headers. No raw JSON.
 - **Paste JSON — even broken JSON** — drop in any snippet from an MCP doc (full
@@ -80,7 +81,9 @@ After saving, **restart that Claude install** for changes to take effect.
 | Windows | `%APPDATA%`                      |
 | Linux   | `~/.config`                      |
 
-**Claude Code** (all platforms): `~/.claude/settings.json`
+**Claude Code** (all platforms): `~/.claude.json` (user scope). If servers are
+found parked in `~/.claude/settings.json` — where Claude Code ignores them — that
+file is also listed, marked *legacy*, so you can copy them over.
 
 ## Files
 
diff --git a/bcc_core.py b/bcc_core.py
index 4a3ff37..f198103 100644
--- a/bcc_core.py
+++ b/bcc_core.py
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ def discover_profiles() -> list[Profile]:
 
     Claude Desktop: scans the platform app-support folder for any `Claude*`
     directory (catches `Claude`, `Claude-Work`, etc.).
-    Claude Code: always at ~/.claude/settings.json on every platform.
+    Claude Code: user-scope MCP servers live in ~/.claude.json (that's what
+    `claude mcp add` writes; project scope is a per-repo .mcp.json, which can
+    be opened via 'Add config…'). NOT ~/.claude/settings.json — that file is
+    for permissions/hooks and rejects an mcpServers key with a schema error.
     """
     base = app_support_base()
     out: list[Profile] = []
@@ -99,11 +102,24 @@ def discover_profiles() -> list[Profile]:
                 cfg = d / CONFIG_FILENAME
                 out.append(Profile(label=d.name, path=cfg, config_exists=cfg.is_file()))
 
-    # Claude Code global settings (~/.claude/settings.json) — same mcpServers format,
-    # cross-platform (the ~/.claude/ directory is always in the same place).
-    cc_cfg = Path.home() / ".claude" / "settings.json"
+    home = Path.home()
+    cc_cfg = home / ".claude.json"
     out.append(Profile(label="Claude Code", path=cc_cfg, config_exists=cc_cfg.is_file()))
 
+    # Legacy: earlier BCC versions (and hand-edits) may have parked servers in
+    # ~/.claude/settings.json, where Claude Code ignores them. Surface that
+    # file only when it actually contains an mcpServers block, so the user can
+    # Copy to ▸ the entries into the real config.
+    legacy = home / ".claude" / "settings.json"
+    if legacy.is_file():
+        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+            if "mcpServers" in load_config(legacy):
+                out.append(
+                    Profile(
+                        label="Claude Code (legacy settings.json)", path=legacy, config_exists=True
+                    )
+                )
+
     return out
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 1a4b5a8..4825bee 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -33,6 +33,34 @@ def test_flags_missing_config_file(fake_base):
     assert any(p.label == "Claude-Work" and not p.config_exists for p in profs)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def fake_home(tmp_path, monkeypatch, fake_base):
+    home = tmp_path / "home"
+    (home / ".claude").mkdir(parents=True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(c.Path, "home", lambda: home)
+    return home
+
+
+def test_claude_code_uses_dot_claude_json(fake_home):
+    (fake_home / ".claude.json").write_text('{"mcpServers": {"x": {"command": "npx"}}}')
+    profs = c.discover_profiles()
+    cc = [p for p in profs if p.label == "Claude Code"]
+    assert len(cc) == 1
+    assert cc[0].path == fake_home / ".claude.json"
+    assert cc[0].config_exists
+
+
+def test_legacy_settings_json_surfaced_only_with_servers(fake_home):
+    # settings.json without mcpServers -> not listed
+    (fake_home / ".claude" / "settings.json").write_text('{"permissions": {}}')
+    assert not any("legacy" in p.label for p in c.discover_profiles())
+    # settings.json WITH parked mcpServers -> listed so the user can migrate
+    (fake_home / ".claude" / "settings.json").write_text(
+        '{"mcpServers": {"old": {"command": "npx"}}}'
+    )
+    assert any("legacy" in p.label for p in c.discover_profiles())
+
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # 2. Write pipeline: preserves other keys + order, only touches mcpServers
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #