SAS Viya MCP

A self-hosted MCP server for executing SAS code, training AutoML projects, scoring models, and accessing CAS and Compute APIs on SAS Viya environments. It supports OAuth2 authentication with PKCE flow and provides interactive views for data and logs in clients like VS Code and Claude.

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What you can do with it

Execute SAS code on Viya
Train AutoML projects
Score models
Query CAS and Compute APIs

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.19.1

mcp-registry: io.github.sassoftware/sas-mcp-server@1.19.1 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

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ghcr.io/sassoftware/sas-mcp-server:1.19.1

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ghcr.io/sassoftware/sas-mcp-server:1.19.1 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "ghcr.io/sassoftware/sas-mcp-server:1.19.1",
  "runtimeHint": "docker",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "app-stdio"
    }
  ],
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "name": "-v",
      "type": "named",
      "value": "{sas_token_dir}:/app/.sas",
      "variables": {},
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Mount the SAS Viya CLI token cache into the container. The server reads ~/.sas/credentials.json, and $HOME is /app inside the image, so the .sas directory has to land at /app/.sas."
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "VIYA_ENDPOINT",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Base URL of your SAS Viya environment, e.g. https://viya.example.com. No trailing slash."
    },
    {
      "name": "SSL_VERIFY",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "true",
      "description": "Set false only for a self-signed Viya certificate. Disables verification for the whole process, so prefer a trusted certificate."
    },
    {
      "name": "CLIENT_ID",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "sas-mcp",
      "description": "SASLogon OAuth client id used for the token refresh exchange."
    },
    {
      "name": "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "SAS Job Execution compute context",
      "description": "Compute context that backs SAS code execution."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_TIERS",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Expose only some tool tiers, e.g. 0-4 or 0,1,7. Empty exposes all 92 tools. Tiers: 0 Compute, 1 Data Discovery, 2 Data Operations, 3 Reports, 4 Batch Jobs, 5 AutoML, 6 Models, 7 Decisioning, 8 Workbench, 9 Business Glossary."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_READ_ONLY",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Expose only tools that neither change server-side state nor cause server-side work (51 of 92). Composes with MCP_TIERS."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_APPS",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "true",
      "description": "Register interactive views (MCP Apps) for the data, SAS log and glossary tools. Additive: text-only clients are unaffected. Set false to register none."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Serve HTTP requests without an MCP session. Needed by clients that speak only the sessionless 2026-07-28 protocol revision (claude.ai custom connectors); the legacy handshake works either way."
    },
    {
      "name": "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT",
      "format": "number",
      "default": "300",
      "description": "Timeout in seconds for every SAS Viya REST call the tools make."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sas-viya-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT=<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "-e",
        "SSL_VERIFY=<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME=<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_TIERS=<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_APPS=<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP=<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>",
        "ghcr.io/sassoftware/sas-mcp-server:1.19.1",
        "app-stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "SSL_VERIFY": "<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME": "<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "MCP_TIERS": "<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "MCP_APPS": "<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP": "<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sas-viya-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT=<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "-e",
        "SSL_VERIFY=<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME=<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_TIERS=<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_APPS=<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP=<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>",
        "ghcr.io/sassoftware/sas-mcp-server:1.19.1",
        "app-stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "SSL_VERIFY": "<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME": "<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "MCP_TIERS": "<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "MCP_APPS": "<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP": "<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "sas-viya-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT=<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "-e",
        "SSL_VERIFY=<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME=<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_TIERS=<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_APPS=<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP=<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>",
        "ghcr.io/sassoftware/sas-mcp-server:1.19.1",
        "app-stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "SSL_VERIFY": "<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME": "<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "MCP_TIERS": "<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "MCP_APPS": "<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP": "<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sas-viya-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT=<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "-e",
        "SSL_VERIFY=<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "-e",
        "CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME=<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_TIERS=<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_APPS=<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP=<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "-e",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>",
        "ghcr.io/sassoftware/sas-mcp-server:1.19.1",
        "app-stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VIYA_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_VIYA_ENDPOINT>",
        "SSL_VERIFY": "<YOUR_SSL_VERIFY>",
        "CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
        "COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME": "<YOUR_COMPUTE_CONTEXT_NAME>",
        "MCP_TIERS": "<YOUR_MCP_TIERS>",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "MCP_APPS": "<YOUR_MCP_APPS>",
        "MCP_STATELESS_HTTP": "<YOUR_MCP_STATELESS_HTTP>",
        "VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_VIYA_CLIENT_TIMEOUT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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