---
title: "mysql-execute-sql"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "mysql-execute-sql" tool executes a SQL statement against a MySQL
database.
aliases:
- /resources/tools/mysql-execute-sql
---
## About
A `mysql-execute-sql` tool executes a SQL statement against a MySQL
database. It's compatible with any of the following sources:
- [cloud-sql-mysql](../../sources/cloud-sql-mysql.md)
- [mysql](../../sources/mysql.md)
`mysql-execute-sql` takes one input parameter `sql` and run the sql
statement against the `source`.
> **Note:** This tool is intended for developer assistant workflows with
> human-in-the-loop and shouldn't be used for production agents.
## Example
```yaml
tools:
execute_sql_tool:
kind: mysql-execute-sql
source: my-mysql-instance
description: Use this tool to execute sql statement.
```
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:------------------------------------------:|:------------:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "mysql-execute-sql". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source the SQL should execute on. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |
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