Install nifi-clickhouse-kafka-mcp in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- uv, which
gives the
uvxcommand the server starts with. - Your own value for
YOUR_NIFI_CLICKHOUSE_KAFKA_MCP_CONFIG.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env NIFI_CLICKHOUSE_KAFKA_MCP_CONFIG=YOUR_NIFI_CLICKHOUSE_KAFKA_MCP_CONFIG --transport stdio nifi-clickhouse-kafka-mcp -- uvx nifi-clickhouse-kafka-mcp==0.1.0 - Replace
YOUR_NIFI_CLICKHOUSE_KAFKA_MCP_CONFIGwith your own value. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of nifi-clickhouse-kafka-mcp.
If it does not start
- spawn uvx ENOENT
- uv is not on the PATH that Claude Code sees. Install it, or write the
full path of
uvxin the config. - The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.