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MCP Toolbox: Open Source Database Server

Name: MCP Toolbox: Open Source Database Server
Author: googleapis

Get a flexible database server with MCP Toolbox, for founders needing scalable database solutions

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free

16,470 stars1,730 forksGoGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Jun 30Updated 9/21/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Hosts your own AI agents for databases like BigQuery, CockroachDB, and more.

Real use case example

"A founder named Emma creates a sales pipeline automation. She signs up for the MCP Toolbox, sets up Stripe and Notion integrations, and configures the AI agent using the intuitive interface. Within minutes, Emma's sales team gets real-time data updates in Notion, cutting their analysis time in half."

Best insideClaude DesktopCursorCodex CLI

When to use it

•When you need a customizable database server for your startup
•When you require a scalable database solution with a large community backing
•When you prefer an open-source database server with 15k+ GitHub stars

Ready-to-paste prompt

go run . -config=config.yaml -db-host=localhost -db-port=5432 -db-user=myuser -db-password=mypassword

Heads up: Ensure you have Go (version 1.17 or later) installed on your system before installing and running MCP Toolbox

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/mcp-toolbox && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/mcp-toolbox/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/mcp-toolbox/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How MCP Toolbox: Open Source Database Server works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

MCP Toolbox: Open Source Database Server is a very large Go project (~156k lines across 975 code files, plus 92 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~156k lines · 975 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Go · Docker

No API keys detected

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Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
AGENTS.md
The instructions the AI actually follows
3
main.go
Where the program starts running
4
go.mod
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
5
internal/auth/auth.go
Inside internal/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

internal/Core code — the actual logic947 files

skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions11 files

cmd/Command-line entry points19 files

extensions/Sub-packages / plugins2 files

docs/Documentation741 files

npm/Folder18 files

pypi/Folder8 files

evals/Evaluations & benchmarks6 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/mcp-toolbox && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/mcp-toolbox/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/mcp-toolbox/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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