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Set up MCP Toolbox for Databases

One server with prebuilt tool sets for Postgres, MySQL, BigQuery, AlloyDB, Spanner and other databases.

Publisher: Google Official
Run locally: npx -y @toolbox-sdk/server --prebuilt=postgres --stdio
Transports: stdio, streamable-http
Authentication: Database credentials in environment variables, such as POSTGRES_USER and POSTGRES_PASSWORD.
What it can touch: Depends on the tools you configure and the database user's grants.
Licence: Apache-2.0
Source: github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox
Status: Active

Install

This server runs on your machine as a child process of the client. You need the runtime its command uses, such as Node.js for npx, uv for uvx or Docker, plus any variables listed under Environment.

Claude Code

shell

claude mcp add --scope project mcp-toolbox-databases -- npx -y @toolbox-sdk/server --prebuilt=postgres --stdio

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-toolbox-databases": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@toolbox-sdk/server",
        "--prebuilt=postgres",
        "--stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-toolbox-databases]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@toolbox-sdk/server", "--prebuilt=postgres", "--stdio"]

Config for other clients →

Connect it with a database user that holds only the grants the agent needs, above all on production.

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Google Cloud

BigQuery

Google-hosted endpoint to explore BigQuery datasets and run SQL. Cloud SQL and Spanner have their own.

Supabase

Manage Supabase projects from an agent: run SQL, apply migrations, read logs and deploy Edge Functions.

Neon

Create Neon Postgres projects and branches, run SQL and do branch-based migrations. Meant for development use.

MongoDB

Query and administer MongoDB databases and Atlas clusters, using a connection string or an Atlas service account.

Redis

Lets an agent work with Redis data structures, search and vector indexes in plain language.

Sources

github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox