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MCP Toolbox for Databases

Google's open-source MCP server and framework for connecting agents to enterprise databases.

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Checked against public documentation on September 23, 2026. Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Best for

Teams that want one governed way to expose many database types to agents, from exploration to production tools.

About MCP Toolbox for Databases

MCP Toolbox for Databases, formerly genai-toolbox, serves two roles: a ready-made MCP server with prebuilt tools that connects clients such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code and Codex to databases including Postgres, BigQuery, AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, Spanner and many others; and a framework for defining secure custom tools with structured queries, semantic search and NL2SQL for production agents.

MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open-source project written primarily in Go, with 16k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.

Add MCP Toolbox for Databases to your MCP client

Generated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp-toolbox-for-databases -- npx -y @toolbox-sdk/server --prebuilt=postgres --stdio

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-toolbox-for-databases": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@toolbox-sdk/server", "--prebuilt=postgres", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-toolbox-for-databases": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@toolbox-sdk/server", "--prebuilt=postgres", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-toolbox-for-databases": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@toolbox-sdk/server", "--prebuilt=postgres", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

Codex~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-toolbox-for-databases]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@toolbox-sdk/server", "--prebuilt=postgres", "--stdio"]

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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