clickhouse-mcp-server
by burakdirin
Verified
# Clickhouse MCP server
[](https://smithery.ai/server/@burakdirin/clickhouse-mcp-server)
A Clickhouse database MCP server project.
## Installation
You can install the package using `uv`:
```bash
uv pip install clickhouse-mcp-server
```
Or using `pip`:
```bash
pip install clickhouse-mcp-server
```
## Components
### Tools
The server provides two tools:
- `connect_database`: Connects to a specific Clickhouse database
- `database` parameter: Name of the database to connect to (string)
- Returns a confirmation message when connection is successful
- `execute_query`: Executes Clickhouse queries
- `query` parameter: SQL query/queries to execute (string)
- Returns query results in JSON format
- Multiple queries can be sent separated by semicolons
## Configuration
The server uses the following environment variables:
- `CLICKHOUSE_HOST`: Clickhouse server address (default: "localhost")
- `CLICKHOUSE_USER`: Clickhouse username (default: "root")
- `CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD`: Clickhouse password (default: "")
- `CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE`: Initial database (optional)
- `CLICKHOUSE_READONLY`: Read-only mode (set to 1/true to enable, default: false)
## Quickstart
### Installation
#### Claude Desktop
MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
Windows: `%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
<details>
<summary>Development/Unpublished Server Configuration</summary>
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"clickhouse-mcp-server": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/Users/burakdirin/Projects/clickhouse-mcp-server",
"run",
"clickhouse-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CLICKHOUSE_HOST": "localhost",
"CLICKHOUSE_USER": "root",
"CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD": "password",
"CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE": "[optional]",
"CLICKHOUSE_READONLY": "true"
}
}
}
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Published Server Configuration</summary>
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"clickhouse-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"clickhouse-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CLICKHOUSE_HOST": "localhost",
"CLICKHOUSE_USER": "root",
"CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD": "password",
"CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE": "[optional]",
"CLICKHOUSE_READONLY": "true"
}
}
}
}
```
</details>
### Installing via Smithery
To install Clickhouse Database Integration Server for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@burakdirin/clickhouse-mcp-server):
```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @burakdirin/clickhouse-mcp-server --client claude
```
## Development
### Building and Publishing
To prepare the package for distribution:
1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:
```bash
uv sync
```
2. Build package distributions:
```bash
uv build
```
This will create source and wheel distributions in the `dist/` directory.
3. Publish to PyPI:
```bash
uv publish
```
Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
- Token: `--token` or `UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN`
- Or username/password: `--username`/`UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME` and `--password`/`UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD`
### Debugging
Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging
experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector).
You can launch the MCP Inspector via [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) with this command:
```bash
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /Users/burakdirin/Projects/clickhouse-mcp-server run clickhouse-mcp-server
```
Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.