Install universal-db-mcp 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": {
"fashad-ahmed-universal-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"universal-db-mcp"
],
"env": {
"POSTGRES_URI": "YOUR_POSTGRES_URI",
"SQLITE_PATH": "",
"MYSQL_URI": "YOUR_MYSQL_URI",
"DUCKDB_PATH": "",
"ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "false",
"MAX_RESULT_ROWS": "1000"
}
}
}
}