Install BigQuery Data Platform for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"debilla-bigquery-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"data-platform-mcp"
],
"env": {
"BQ_MCP_ENVIRONMENTS": "",
"BQ_MCP_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT": "",
"BQ_MCP_CONFIG": "",
"BQ_IMPERSONATE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT": "",
"BQ_PROJECT": "",
"BQ_LOCATION": "",
"BQ_CODE_ASSET_LOCATION": "",
"BQ_DATASET_ALLOWLIST": "",
"BQ_WARN_BYTES": "",
"BQ_MAX_BYTES_BILLED": "",
"BQ_MCP_AUDIT_LOG": ""
}
}
}
}