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DBShield Database Guardrail & Sandboxing MCP Server
Install guide · Claude Desktop

Install DBShield Database Guardrail & Sandboxing MCP Server for Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.

  1. 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.

  2. Paste the JSON config below.

  3. Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{  "mcpServers": {    "ritualdev-lab-dbshield": {      "command": "npx",      "args": [        "-y",        "@ritualdev-lab/dbshield@0.2.1"      ],      "env": {        "DBSHIELD_DIALECT": "sqlite",        "DBSHIELD_DB_URL": ""      }    }  }}

Where the config lives

SystemPath
macOS~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json