Install Salesforce in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_AUTH_MODE,YOUR_SALESFORCE_CLIENT_ID,YOUR_SALESFORCE_CLIENT_SECRET,YOUR_SALESFORCE_INSTANCE_URL.
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 AUTH_MODE=YOUR_AUTH_MODE --env SALESFORCE_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_SALESFORCE_CLIENT_ID --env SALESFORCE_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_SALESFORCE_CLIENT_SECRET --env SALESFORCE_INSTANCE_URL=YOUR_SALESFORCE_INSTANCE_URL --transport stdio salesforce-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e AUTH_MODE -e SALESFORCE_CLIENT_ID -e SALESFORCE_CLIENT_SECRET -e SALESFORCE_INSTANCE_URL ghcr.io/wyre-technology/salesforce-mcp:v1.0.3 - Replace
YOUR_AUTH_MODE,YOUR_SALESFORCE_CLIENT_ID,YOUR_SALESFORCE_CLIENT_SECRET,YOUR_SALESFORCE_INSTANCE_URLwith 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 salesforce-mcp.
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.