Install Grain SQL 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": {
"pattrnlabs-grain": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"grain-tools@0.10.34"
],
"env": {
"GRAIN_CONNECTIONS": "YOUR_GRAIN_CONNECTIONS",
"GRAIN_MCP_SAFE_MODE": "",
"GRAIN_MAX_ROWS": ""
}
}
}
}