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BigQuery MCP for Claude Desktop

com.renzojohnson/bigquery-mcp

BigQuery MCP server: list datasets and tables, read schemas, run SELECT queries with a byte limit.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install BigQuery MCP in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bigquery-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@renzo.johnson/bigquery-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "<GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS>",
        "GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "GOOGLE_OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<GOOGLE_OAUTH_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
        "BIGQUERY_MCP_PROJECT_ID": "<BIGQUERY_MCP_PROJECT_ID>",
        "BIGQUERY_MCP_MAX_BYTES_BILLED": "<BIGQUERY_MCP_MAX_BYTES_BILLED>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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