MCP Toolbox for Databases

# Via Homebrew:
brew install mcp-toolbox

# Via npm:
npx -y @toolbox-sdk/server --prebuilt=postgres --stdio

# Via binary (Linux AMD64):
export VERSION=1.4.0
curl -L -o toolbox https://storage.googleapis.com/mcp-toolbox-for-databases/v$VERSION/linux/amd64/toolbox
chmod +x toolbox

sources:
  my-pg-source:
    kind: postgres
    host: 127.0.0.1
    port: 5432
    database: my_database
    user: db_user
    password: db_password

tools:
  search-by-name:
    kind: postgres-sql
    source: my-pg-source
    description: Search records by name
    parameters:
      - name: name
        type: string
        description: The name to search for
    statement: SELECT * FROM records WHERE name ILIKE '%' || $1 || '%';

./toolbox --config tools.yaml

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "toolbox": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:5000/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "toolbox-postgres": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@toolbox-sdk/server", "--prebuilt=postgres", "--stdio"],
      "env": {
        "PG_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "PG_PORT": "5432",
        "PG_DATABASE": "my_database",
        "PG_USER": "db_user",
        "PG_PASSWORD": "db_password"
      }
    }
  }
}