SonarQube Integration

SonarQube integration via MCP (Model Context Protocol) for Java code quality analysis.

When to use this skill

• Finding and fixing SonarQube issues

• Checking quality gate status

• Analyzing code for quality issues

• Understanding SonarQube rules

• Prioritizing issue remediation

• When asked to "fix sonarqube issues" or "add sonarqube mcp"

Skill Contents

Sections

• When to use this skill

• Quick Start

• MCP Tools Available

• Common Workflows

• Supported IDEs

• References

• Related Rules

• Related Skills

Available Resources

📚 references/ - Detailed documentation

• common rules

• copilot cli setup

• intellij setup

• mcp tools

Quick Start

The SonarQube MCP server runs remotely at https://sonarqube-mcp.bitso.io/mcp and is automatically configured in all supported IDEs.

No setup required - just use natural language:

"Find HIGH severity issues in my-project" "Show me details about rule java:S1128" "What's the quality gate status for my-service?" "Analyze this code for SonarQube issues"

MCP Tools Available

Tool Purpose

list_projects

List all SonarQube projects

get_issues

Get issues for a project

get_issue_details

Get details for a specific issue

get_rule

Get rule documentation

get_quality_gate

Check quality gate status

analyze_code

Analyze code snippet

Common Workflows

1. Fix Issues by Severity

"Find all BLOCKER issues in payment-service" "Get details for issue AYx123..." "Show me the rule java:S2259"

2. Check Quality Gate

"What's the quality gate status for my-service?" "List all projects I have access to"

3. Understand Rules

"Explain rule java:S1128 (unused imports)" "What are the CRITICAL rules for Java?"

Supported IDEs

The MCP is automatically available in:

IDE Configuration

Cursor .cursor/mcp.json

VS Code + Copilot .vscode/mcp.json

Claude Code .mcp.json

IntelliJ IDEA See manual setup

Copilot CLI See manual setup

For IntelliJ and Copilot CLI, see: java/commands/add-sonarqube-mcp-to-intellij-and-copilot-cli.md

References

Reference Description

references/mcp-tools.md Full MCP tool reference

references/common-rules.md Common Java rules

Related Rules

• .cursor/rules/java-sonarqube-setup.mdc

• Setup guide

• .cursor/rules/java-sonarqube-mcp.mdc

• MCP tool reference

• .claude/commands/fix-sonarqube-issues.md

• Fix command

Related Skills

Skill Purpose

java-coverage JaCoCo coverage for SonarQube

gradle-standards SonarQube Gradle plugin