Install SonarQube MCP Server in Claude Code

What you need first

• Claude Code, installed.
• Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
• Your own value for YOUR_SONARQUBE_TOKEN.

Steps

1. Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that project; put --scope user after claude mcp add to have it in every project.

claude mcp add --env SONARQUBE_TOKEN=YOUR_SONARQUBE_TOKEN --transport stdio sonarqube-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e SONARQUBE_TOKEN docker.io/sonarsource/sonarqube-mcp

2. Replace YOUR_SONARQUBE_TOKEN with your own value.
3. Start Claude Code and type /mcp: the server is listed with its state.

Check it worked

Ask Claude Code: List the tools of sonarqube-mcp-server.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon

Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.

The server starts, but its tools fail

A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.