mssql-mcp

MCP server (stdio) that connects to Microsoft SQL Server using the mssql driver. Tool arguments are defined and validated with Valibot; JSON Schema for clients is generated with @valibot/to-json-schema.

Implementation note: This project uses the low-level @modelcontextprotocol/sdk Server class rather than McpServer, because the current SDK’s McpServer.registerTool path is built around Zod for schema export and validation. Tools are registered with ListTools / tools/call handlers and Valibot parsing inside the handlers.

Tools

• mssql_query — Run a T-SQL batch; returns recordsets and rowsAffected. Honors MSSQL_MAX_ROWS via SET ROWCOUNT when set.
• mssql_list_tables — Base tables from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES, optional schema filter.
• mssql_describe_table — Column metadata from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS.

Environment variables

See .env.example. Required: MSSQL_SERVER, MSSQL_USER, MSSQL_PASSWORD, MSSQL_DATABASE.

• MSSQL_ALLOW_WRITES — Default off. When off, a heuristic blocks common write/DDL/exec keywords (not a substitute for DB permissions).
• MSSQL_MAX_ROWS — When set, wraps batches in SET ROWCOUNT for mssql_query.
• MSSQL_ENCRYPT / MSSQL_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE — Passed through to the driver (encrypt defaults to true).

Build and run

pnpm install
pnpm run build
pnpm start

Development (no separate build):

pnpm dev

Do not write logs to stdout when running under MCP; the protocol uses stdout. Errors on startup go to stderr via console.error.

Cursor MCP configuration

Use the absolute path to your checkout. Example user MCP config fragment:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mssql": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/home/adrian/code/mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "MSSQL_SERVER": "localhost",
        "MSSQL_USER": "your_user",
        "MSSQL_PASSWORD": "your_password",
        "MSSQL_DATABASE": "your_database",
        "MSSQL_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use node as command (as above). Do not set command to pnpm or npx: if pnpm fails or prints to stdout, Cursor shows errors like Unexpected token … "ERR_PNPM_"… is not valid JSON because stdout must be JSON-RPC only.

Dev mode without a build (still use node)

Set cwd to this repo so node can resolve tsx from node_modules:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mssql": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["--import", "tsx", "/home/adrian/code/mcp/src/index.ts"],
      "cwd": "/home/adrian/code/mcp",
      "env": { }
    }
  }
}

Fill env the same as in the example above. Run pnpm install locally first so tsx exists.