Install Life Dashboard in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_PGHOST,YOUR_PGDATABASE,YOUR_PGUSER,YOUR_PGPASSWORD.
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 PGHOST=YOUR_PGHOST --env PGDATABASE=YOUR_PGDATABASE --env PGUSER=YOUR_PGUSER --env PGPASSWORD=YOUR_PGPASSWORD --transport stdio life-dashboard -- docker run -i --rm -e PGHOST -e PGDATABASE -e PGUSER -e PGPASSWORD ghcr.io/owen282000/life-dashboard-mcp:1.2.1 - Replace
YOUR_PGHOST,YOUR_PGDATABASE,YOUR_PGUSER,YOUR_PGPASSWORDwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of life-dashboard.
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.