Does Claude Desktop work with remote MCP auth in the JSON with API key?

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Can't find anything about this nor can I get it to work. If I can get API keys to work, packaging a very simple .dxt file with user API key input would make my life a lot easier trying to launch an app using Claude.ai MCP support.

The oauth login rn is super buggy for me.