# How to build an AI-powered code quality workflow with SonarQube and E2B — Set up your project

> Create a new directory for your workflow and initialize Node.js Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```bash mkdir github-sonarqube-workflow cd github-sonarqube-workflow npm init -y ``` Open package.json and configure it for ES modules Bounded code example (external da

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Create a new directory for your workflow and initialize Node.js

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```bash
   mkdir github-sonarqube-workflow
   cd github-sonarqube-workflow
   npm init -y
```

Open package.json and configure it for ES modules

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```json
   {
     "name": "github-sonarqube-workflow",
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "description": "Automated code quality workflow using E2B, GitHub, and SonarQube",
     "type": "module",
     "main": "quality-workflow.ts",
     "scripts": {
       "start": "tsx quality-workflow.ts"
     },
     "keywords": ["e2b", "github", "sonarqube", "mcp", "code-quality"],
     "author": "",
     "license": "MIT"
   }
```

Install required dependencies

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```bash
   npm install e2b dotenv
   npm install -D typescript tsx @types/node
```

Create a .env file in your project root

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```bash
   touch .env
```

Add your API keys and configuration, replacing the placeholders with your actual credentials

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```plaintext
   E2B_API_KEY=your_e2b_api_key_here
   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here
   GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_personal_access_token_here
   GITHUB_OWNER=your_github_username
   GITHUB_REPO=your_repository_name
   SONARQUBE_ORG=your_sonarcloud_org_key
   SONARQUBE_TOKEN=your_sonarqube_user_token
   SONARQUBE_URL=https://sonarcloud.io
```

Protect your credentials by adding .env to .gitignore

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```bash
   echo ".env" &gt;&gt; .gitignore
   echo "node_modules/" &gt;&gt; .gitignore
```

Create a new directory for your workflow

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```bash
   mkdir github-sonarqube-workflow
   cd github-sonarqube-workflow
```

Create a virtual environment and activate it

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```bash
   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
```

Install required dependencies

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```bash
   pip install e2b python-dotenv
```

Create a .env file in your project root …

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