PostgreSQL

A Model Context Protocol server that provides read-only access to PostgreSQL databases. This server enables LLMs to inspect database schemas and execute read-only queries.

Components

Tools

• pg-query

  • Execute read-only SQL queries against the connected database
  • Input: sql (string): The SQL query to execute
  • All queries are executed within a READ ONLY transaction

• pg-stats

  • Get statistics for a specific table
  • Input: name (string): The name of the table to get statistics for

• pg-explain

  • Explain Plan for a given SQL query
  • Input: sql (string): The SQL query to explain

• pg-connect

  • Connect to a PostgreSQL database
  • Inputs:
    • connectionString (string): The PostgreSQL connection string without credentials (e.g. postgresql://host:port/dbname or host:port/dbname)
    • user (string): The PostgreSQL username
    • password (string): The PostgreSQL password

Example: pg-connect host.docker.internal:5432/postgres postgres pg_2025

• pg-awr
  • Generate a PostgreSQL performance report similar to Oracle AWR. Includes database statistics, top queries (requires pg_stat_statements extension), table/index statistics, connection info, and optimization recommendations.

Resources

The server provides schema information for each table in the database:

• Table Schemas (postgres://<dbname>/<table>/schema)
  • JSON schema information for each table
  • Includes column names and data types
  • Automatically discovered from database metadata

Change Log

See Change Log for the history of changes.

Configuration

The PostgreSQL server uses environment variables or the pg-connect tool for secure credential management:

• PG_USER: PostgreSQL username (optional if using pg-connect)
• PG_PASSWORD: PostgreSQL password (optional if using pg-connect)

Connection String

The connection string should contain only the host, port, and database information (without embedded credentials). Providing it as a command-line argument is optional. If omitted at startup, you must use the pg-connect tool to establish a connection before using other functionality.

Supported connection string formats:

• postgresql://host:port/dbname
• host:port/dbname

To enable encryption (SSL), append ?sslmode=require to the connection string or set the PG_SSL environment variable to true.

Usage with Claude Desktop

To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section of your claude_desktop_config.json:

Docker

• When running Docker on macOS, use host.docker.internal if the PostgreSQL server is running on the host network (e.g., localhost)
• Credentials are passed via environment variables PG_USER and PG_PASSWORD

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", 
        "-i", 
        "--rm",
        "-e", "PG_USER=myuser",
        "-e", "PG_PASSWORD=mypassword",
        "mochoa/mcp-postgres"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Note: You can still provide the connection string as a final argument if you want to connect automatically on startup: "args": [..., "mochoa/mcp-postgres", "postgresql://host.docker.internal:5432/mydb"].

NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@marcelo-ochoa/server-postgres",
        "postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PG_USER": "myuser",
        "PG_PASSWORD": "mypassword"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace /mydb with your database name.

Note: Replace the following placeholders with your actual values:

• myuser and mypassword with your PostgreSQL credentials
• localhost:5432 with your PostgreSQL server host and port
• mydb with your database name

Usage with VS Code

For quick installation, use one of the one-click install buttons below...

For manual installation, add the following JSON block to your User Settings (JSON) file in VS Code. You can do this by pressing Ctrl + Shift + P and typing Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).

Optionally, you can add it to a file called .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace. This will allow you to share the configuration with others.

Note that the mcp key is not needed in the .vscode/mcp.json file.

Docker

Note: When using Docker and connecting to a PostgreSQL server on your host machine, use host.docker.internal instead of localhost in the connection URL.

{
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "pg_user",
        "description": "PostgreSQL username"
      },
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "pg_password",
        "description": "PostgreSQL password",
        "password": true
      }
    ],
    "servers": {
      "postgres": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
          "run",
          "-i",
          "--rm",
          "-e", "PG_USER=${input:pg_user}",
          "-e", "PG_PASSWORD=${input:pg_password}",
          "mochoa/mcp-postgres",
          "postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: You can add an input for pg_url and append it to args if you want to connect on startup.

NPX

{
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "pg_user",
        "description": "PostgreSQL username"
      },
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "pg_password",
        "description": "PostgreSQL password",
        "password": true
      }
    ],
    "servers": {
      "postgres": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
          "-y",
          "@marcelo-ochoa/server-postgres",
          "postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb"
        ],
        "env": {
          "PG_USER": "${input:pg_user}",
          "PG_PASSWORD": "${input:pg_password}"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

PostgreSQL AWR in action

See PostgreSQL AWR in action for an example of a performance report generated by the pg-awr tool for a production Moodle database, highlighting critical performance issues and optimization opportunities.

Demos

See Demos for usage examples with Claude Desktop, Docker AI, Gemini CLI, and Antigravity Code Editor.

Building

Docker:

docker build -t mochoa/mcp-postgres -f src/postgres/Dockerfile .

Sources

As usual the code of this extension is at GitHub, feel free to suggest changes and make contributions, note that I am a beginner developer of React and TypeScript so contributions to make this UI better are welcome.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 for new contributions, with existing code under MIT - see the LICENSE file for details.