Add the ClickHouse MCP server to Claude Desktop

Config last verified Jun 1, 2026

The exact config to run ClickHouse in Claude Desktop — paste it in, restart, and the tools load.

Prerequisites

Claude Desktop installed.
CLICKHOUSE_HOST — Hostname of your ClickHouse server.
CLICKHOUSE_USER — ClickHouse username used to authenticate.
CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD — Password for the ClickHouse user.

Setup

1. Open `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

On Windows the file lives at %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json.

2. Add this configuration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clickhouse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--with",
        "mcp-clickhouse",
        "--python",
        "3.10",
        "mcp-clickhouse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CLICKHOUSE_HOST": "<CLICKHOUSE_HOST>",
        "CLICKHOUSE_USER": "<CLICKHOUSE_USER>",
        "CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD": "<CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop and confirm the ClickHouse tools load.

Gotchas

Claude Desktop reads MCP servers from an "mcpServers" object, but the config file is stdio-only: it cannot dial a remote URL directly. To reach a remote server you bridge it locally by running "npx mcp-remote <url>" as the command. Native remote Connectors exist on paid plans, but not through this config file, so the bridge is the portable path.

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