Does Terraform MCP work with Claude Desktop?
Yes. Terraform MCP passed every step of our test in Claude Desktop on Oct 19, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.
Result
Steps
- install OK
- connect OK
- tools visible OK
- agent task: provider version OK
Test note: server wrapped in harness/scripts/mcp_tee.py to record JSON-RPC; prompts typed via xdotool; tool Allow pop-ups approved by the operator for test servers only; model = app default
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
Versions tested
Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0) · package version not recorded · connected in 0.0s · tested Oct 19, 2026
Server package and resolved dependency versions: not recorded for these runs (our harness records them from Oct 19, 2026 on).
What happened in this run
Install config we used
{
"command": "terraform-mcp-server",
"args": [
"stdio"
]
}Connection check
initialize seen in tee log after app restartTools check
tools/list answered (tee log)
Agent task: provider version
- 2 calls reached the server
- Agent’s answer (excerpt):
The latest version of the hashicorp/aws Terraform provider is 6.69.1.
Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.
Set it up in Claude Desktop
Copy-paste config for every app is on the Terraform MCP page. Not connecting? Claude Desktop MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Cursor (passed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).