Install Sqlite in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_DB_PATH,YOUR_DB_PASSPHRASE.
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 DB_PATH=YOUR_DB_PATH --env DB_PASSPHRASE=YOUR_DB_PASSPHRASE --transport stdio mcp-sqlite -- docker run -i --rm -e DB_PATH -e DB_PASSPHRASE ghcr.io/rosch100/mcp-sqlite:0.2.4 - Replace
YOUR_DB_PATH,YOUR_DB_PASSPHRASEwith 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 mcp-sqlite.
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.