Requires the runtime declared in the upstream repo — check the README before running. Claude Desktop only speaks stdio locally; HTTP servers are wrapped via npx mcp-remote automatically. Paste the config below, then follow the reload step to register Microsoft SQL Server MCP.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json{
"mcpServers": {
"mssql": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/mssql-mcp/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"MSSQL_SERVER": "localhost",
"MSSQL_USER": "your_user",
"MSSQL_PASSWORD": "your_password",
"MSSQL_DATABASE": "your_database",
"MSSQL_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE": "true"
}
}
}
}