Development

Requirements

• Go 1.26.0 or later
• Microsoft SQL Server (local or remote)
• Git

Initial setup

git clone https://github.com/scopweb/mcp-go-mssql.git
cd mcp-go-mssql
go mod tidy

Environment variables

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with development credentials
source .env

Example for local development:

MSSQL_SERVER=localhost
MSSQL_DATABASE=DevDB
MSSQL_USER=sa
MSSQL_PASSWORD=DevPassword123
DEVELOPER_MODE=true
MSSQL_READ_ONLY=false

Run in development mode

go run main.go

In development mode (DEVELOPER_MODE=true):

• Self-signed TLS certificates are allowed
• Errors show full technical details
• Encryption is still mandatory

Test the connection

cd test
go run test-connection.go

Claude Code CLI

go run claude-code/db-connector.go test
go run claude-code/db-connector.go tables
go run claude-code/db-connector.go query "SELECT @@VERSION"

Build

go build