Prerequisites

Prerequisites for setting up the SonarQube MCP Server.

To set up the SonarQube MCP Server, you'll need the following:

• A supported MCP client. A list of tested clients is in the Quickstart guides section.
• One of the following:

  • A SonarQube Cloud organization. Both the EU and US region organizations are supported.
  • SonarQube Server 2025.1 or later.

    • SonarQube Server 2026.1 or later recommend for optimal performance.
  • SonarQube Community Build.
• For self-hosted deployment: a container management tool to run the container image (for example, Docker), or JDK 21+ to run the standalone JAR.

Next steps

Review Environment considerations and follow the Quickstart guides. To quickly generate a working configuration for your IDE or CLI, use the official SonarQube MCP Server configuration generator.