Databases (read-only, switchable) MCP Server

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

claude mcp add mcp-db-read-only -- npx -y @shibbirweb/mcp-db-read-only

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-db-read-only": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shibbirweb/mcp-db-read-only"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.mcp-db-read-only]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@shibbirweb/mcp-db-read-only"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-db-read-only": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shibbirweb/mcp-db-read-only"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-db-read-only": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@shibbirweb/mcp-db-read-only"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: DB_URL (Connection URL to open at startup, e.g. postgres://user@host:5432/db, mongodb://user@host/db, redis://host:6379/0 or sqlite:///data/app.db), DB_PASSWORD (Password for DB_URL, so it need not be percent-encoded inside the URL), DB_PROFILES (JSON object of named connections to switch between, each a URL or {"url", "password"}), DB_DEFAULT_PROFILE (Which DB_PROFILES entry to start on), DB_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS (Connection timeout in milliseconds. Defaults to 10000), DB_QUERY_TIMEOUT_MS (Server-side query timeout in milliseconds. Defaults to 30000), DB_LOG (true logs every tool call, its statements and full output to stderr. Off by default), DB_LOG_FILE (Log every tool call to this file instead. Implies DB_LOG), DB_LOG_DIR (Save every tool call as its own JSON file in this folder, permanently. Implies logging), DB_LOG_FORMAT (pretty (default) or json, one object per line), DB_LOG_PORT (Serve a live log viewer in the browser on this port. Needs DB_LOG_DIR, DB_LOG or DB_LOG_FILE. No access control), DB_LOG_HISTORY (Entries the viewer keeps in memory when DB_LOG_DIR is not set. Defaults to 500), MYSQL_HOST (Legacy MySQL-only form, kept for drop-in compatibility. Prefer DB_URL), MYSQL_USER (Legacy MySQL-only form. Prefer DB_URL), MYSQL_PASSWORD (Legacy MySQL-only form. Prefer DB_URL with DB_PASSWORD), MYSQL_DATABASE (Legacy MySQL-only form. Prefer DB_URL).