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get_database_stats

Retrieve database statistics including activity metrics and background writer data from pg_stat_database and pg_stat_bgwriter for monitoring self-hosted Supabase instances.

Instructions

Retrieves statistics about database activity and the background writer from pg_stat_database and pg_stat_bgwriter.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Implementation Reference

  • The execute handler function that runs SQL queries against pg_stat_database and pg_stat_bgwriter to fetch database activity statistics and background writer stats, processes the results, and returns them structured according to the output schema.
    execute: async (input: GetDbStatsInput, context: ToolContext) => {
        const client = context.selfhostedClient;
    
        // Combine queries for efficiency if possible, but RPC might handle separate calls better.
        // Using two separate calls for clarity.
    
        const getDbStatsSql = `
            SELECT
                datname,
                numbackends,
                xact_commit::text,
                xact_rollback::text,
                blks_read::text,
                blks_hit::text,
                tup_returned::text,
                tup_fetched::text,
                tup_inserted::text,
                tup_updated::text,
                tup_deleted::text,
                conflicts::text,
                temp_files::text,
                temp_bytes::text,
                deadlocks::text,
                checksum_failures::text,
                checksum_last_failure::text,
                blk_read_time,
                blk_write_time,
                stats_reset::text
            FROM pg_stat_database
        `;
    
        const getBgWriterStatsSql = `
            SELECT
                checkpoints_timed::text,
                checkpoints_req::text,
                checkpoint_write_time,
                checkpoint_sync_time,
                buffers_checkpoint::text,
                buffers_clean::text,
                maxwritten_clean::text,
                buffers_backend::text,
                buffers_backend_fsync::text,
                buffers_alloc::text,
                stats_reset::text
            FROM pg_stat_bgwriter
        `;
    
        // Execute both queries
        const [dbStatsResult, bgWriterStatsResult] = await Promise.all([
            executeSqlWithFallback(client, getDbStatsSql, true),
            executeSqlWithFallback(client, getBgWriterStatsSql, true),
        ]);
    
        // Use handleSqlResponse for each part; it throws on error.
        const dbStats = handleSqlResponse(dbStatsResult, GetDbStatsOutputSchema.shape.database_stats);
        const bgWriterStats = handleSqlResponse(bgWriterStatsResult, GetDbStatsOutputSchema.shape.bgwriter_stats);
    
        // Combine results into the final schema
        return {
            database_stats: dbStats,
            bgwriter_stats: bgWriterStats,
        };
    },
  • Zod output schema defining the structure for database_stats (array from pg_stat_database) and bgwriter_stats (array from pg_stat_bgwriter), handling string representations of bigints and timestamps.
    // Note: Types are often bigint from pg_stat, returned as string by JSON/RPC.
    // Casting to numeric/float in SQL or parsing carefully later might be needed for calculations.
    const GetDbStatsOutputSchema = z.object({
        database_stats: z.array(z.object({
            datname: z.string().nullable(),
            numbackends: z.number().nullable(),
            xact_commit: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            xact_rollback: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            blks_read: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            blks_hit: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            tup_returned: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            tup_fetched: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            tup_inserted: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            tup_updated: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            tup_deleted: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            conflicts: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            temp_files: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            temp_bytes: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            deadlocks: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            checksum_failures: z.string().nullable(), // bigint as string
            checksum_last_failure: z.string().nullable(), // timestamp as string
            blk_read_time: z.number().nullable(), // double precision
            blk_write_time: z.number().nullable(), // double precision
            stats_reset: z.string().nullable(), // timestamp as string
        })).describe("Statistics per database from pg_stat_database"),
        bgwriter_stats: z.array(z.object({ // Usually a single row
            checkpoints_timed: z.string().nullable(),
            checkpoints_req: z.string().nullable(),
            checkpoint_write_time: z.number().nullable(),
            checkpoint_sync_time: z.number().nullable(),
            buffers_checkpoint: z.string().nullable(),
            buffers_clean: z.string().nullable(),
            maxwritten_clean: z.string().nullable(),
            buffers_backend: z.string().nullable(),
            buffers_backend_fsync: z.string().nullable(),
            buffers_alloc: z.string().nullable(),
            stats_reset: z.string().nullable(),
        })).describe("Statistics from the background writer process from pg_stat_bgwriter"),
    });
  • Zod input schema for get_database_stats tool, which takes no parameters.
    const GetDbStatsInputSchema = z.object({});
    type GetDbStatsInput = z.infer<typeof GetDbStatsInputSchema>;
  • src/index.ts:106-106 (registration)
    Registration of the getDatabaseStatsTool in the availableTools object, which is used to populate the MCP server's tool capabilities.
    [getDatabaseStatsTool.name]: getDatabaseStatsTool as AppTool,
  • src/index.ts:17-17 (registration)
    Import statement for getDatabaseStatsTool from its implementation file.
    import { getDatabaseStatsTool } from './tools/get_database_stats.js';

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