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postgres-mcp

by daitasu

PostgreSQL MCP Server

Implementation of PostgreSQL Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Enables read-only SQL query execution and database schema information retrieval.

Features

  • query: Execute read-only SQL queries

  • listTables: Get a list of tables in the database

  • getTableSchema: Get schema information for a specified table

Related MCP server: postgres-mcp

Installation

From npm

npm install -g @daitasu/postgres-mcp

From source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/daitasu/postgres-mcp.git
cd postgres-mcp

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build
pnpm run build

Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop or MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@daitasu/postgres-mcp", "postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/database"]
    }
  }
}

Using global installation

If you installed globally:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "postgres-mcp",
      "args": ["postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/database"]
    }
  }
}

Using local installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/postgres-mcp/dist/index.js", "postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/database"]
    }
  }
}

Command-line execution

# Using npx (no installation required)
npx @daitasu/postgres-mcp postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/database

# Using global installation
postgres-mcp postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/database

# Using node directly
node dist/index.js postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/database

Tool Usage

1. query - Execute SQL queries

Input: { "sql": "SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 10" }
Output: Query results (JSON format)

2. listTables - Get table list

Input: {}
Output: List of table names

3. getTableSchema - Get table schema

Input: { "tableName": "users" }
Output: List of column names and data types

Security

  • All queries are executed within READ ONLY transactions

  • Data modification is not possible

  • Automatically rolled back

Development

# Development mode
pnpm run dev

# Tests
pnpm test

# Type checking
pnpm run typecheck

# Lint
pnpm run lint

License

MIT

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