Hello,
The way we code is changing. AI agents and conversational IDEs are transforming the development process, but often, essential quality and security tools struggle to keep up. This forces developers into a frustrating cycle: write code with their AI assistant, switch to another code review tool, then switch back to fix the issues. This context switching breaks the focus and slows developers down.
Today, we’re thrilled to close that gap. We are officially announcing the General Availability (GA) of the SonarQube MCP Server!
What is SonarQube MCP Server?
The SonarQube MCP Server is a free, local server that acts as a universal bridge between the SonarQube analysis you trust (both Server and Cloud versions) and any AI agent or AI-native IDE. It allows you to interact with SonarQube using natural language, making code quality a seamless, conversational part of your development workflow.
Now, checking for a vulnerability or analyzing a new code snippet is as simple as asking your favorite AI assistant a question. The MCP Server ensures that all agent-generated code can be easily validated against your established code quality standards—before it’s even committed.
Key features & benefits
- Seamless workflow integration: Get instant answers about code quality, security vulnerabilities, and your Quality Gate status without ever leaving your IDE or AI assistant. Eliminate disruptive context switching and make SonarQube your real-time coding partner.
- Built on an open standard: Future-proof your dev stack. The server is built on the open Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing you to integrate once and connect everywhere. Ditch brittle, proprietary scripts and empower your team to adopt any compatible AI tool that emerges.
- Interactive & agent-ready: Go beyond passive analysis and take action. Interactively query for issues, analyze new code snippets before you commit, and even update an issue’s status directly from your conversational interface. Turn insights into action instantly.
Key use cases
The SonarQube MCP Server transforms your AI coding agent from a simple code generator into a full-fledged code review and quality assurance co-pilot. Here are some of the ways you can use it to improve your workflow:
- Code management: Use your AI agent to manage and analyze code issues across multiple projects at once. It can retrieve a list of all projects, filter issues based on severity or status, and even change an issue’s status, such as marking it as a false positive.
- On-demand code analysis: Ask your AI agent to analyze a new file or code snippet for quality and security issues before it’s committed. The MCP server enables the agent to retrieve up-to-the-minute metrics and project health information.
- Project health checks: Your AI agent can use the server to retrieve a project’s Quality Gate status, instantly letting you know if that project is ready for release.
- Software composition analysis (SCA): For teams using SonarQube with Advanced Security, the server can be used to have your agent check a project for vulnerabilities in its third-party dependencies.
Get started today!
The SonarQube MCP Server is ready to be integrated into your AI-assisted development workflow.
Download the server: Available on MCP marketplaces - Docker MCP Hub, Anthropic MCP Market, and MCP.so
Read the documentation: link
Learn more in our blog post: link
Explore on GitHub: link
We built the MCP Server to empower you to code reliable, more secure code while staying in your flow. We can’t wait to see how you use it.
Please share your feedback, questions, and experiences. We’re eager to hear what you think!
Alexander