# SqlServer.Rules MCP Server

Analyze T-SQL scripts for design, naming, and performance issues and prevent bad practices.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `ErikEJ.DacFX.TSQLAnalyzer.Cli` on nuget. Runs locally.

## Known issues

5 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own maintainers are excluded.

### Most discussed

### MCP Server

- [x] Expose local tool based on the MCP C# SDK

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/build-a-model-context-protocol-mcp-server-in-csharp/

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ErikEJ/SqlServer.Rules/issues/212) · 2025-04-28 · closed · 8 comments

### Update VS Code and VS install links in readme to use .NET 10

```json
"servers": {
    "ErikEJ.DacFX.TSQLAnalyzer.Cli": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": ["ErikEJ.DacFX.TSQLAnalyzer.Cli@1.0.35", "--yes", "--", "-mcp"]
    }
  }

```

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ErikEJ/SqlServer.Rules/issues/334) · 2025-11-14 · closed · 1 comment

### VS Code analyzer reports error even when server starts

This is the output:

```text
Starting analyzer server: dotnet dnx ErikEJ.DacFX.TSQLAnalyzer.Cli --yes -- --server-mode
TSQLAnalyzer server mode started. Ready for requests.
Analyzer error for c:\dev\GitHub\SqlServer.Rules\sqlprojects\AdhocScripts\AdhocDml.sql: Path is required for analyze command
```
So the server starts, but then an error is reported

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ErikEJ/SqlServer.Rules/issues/694) · 2026-07-19 · closed · 0 comments

### Publish as MCP Server

https://github.com/NuGet/NuGetGallery/issues/10461#issuecomment-3079642518

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ErikEJ/SqlServer.Rules/issues/252) · 2025-07-27 · closed · 0 comments

### Add structured tool output to MCP Server

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/mcp-csharp-sdk-2025-06-18-update/

[Read the thread](https://github.com/ErikEJ/SqlServer.Rules/issues/251) · 2025-07-27 · closed · 0 comments

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