MCP server exposing psycopg2 PostgreSQL database adapter functionality
MCP server exposing psycopg2 PostgreSQL database adapter functionality.
mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-psycopg2
pip install mcp-psycopg2
from mcp_psycopg2 import mcp
# Run the MCP server
mcp.run()
The server exposes the following tools for interacting with PostgreSQL databases:
connect - Create a new database connectionclose_connection - Close an existing connectionget_connection_info - Get connection detailsbegin_transaction - Start a new transactioncommit_transaction - Commit the current transactionrollback_transaction - Rollback the current transactionset_isolation_level - Set transaction isolation levelcreate_cursor - Create a new cursorclose_cursor - Close a cursorexecute_query - Execute a SQL queryexecute_many - Execute a query with multiple parameter setsfetch_one - Fetch one rowfetch_many - Fetch multiple rowsfetch_all - Fetch all remaining rowsquote_identifier - Quote an SQL identifiermogrify - Return query string after parameter bindingregister_json - Register JSON type adapterregister_hstore - Register hstore type adapterregister_composite - Register composite type adaptercopy_from - Copy data from file to tablecopy_to - Copy data from table to filecopy_expert - Execute custom COPY statementcreate_named_cursor - Create a server-side named cursorscroll_cursor - Scroll through cursor resultscreate_large_object - Create or open a large objectread_large_object - Read from a large objectwrite_large_object - Write to a large objectget_server_version - Get PostgreSQL server versionget_backend_pid - Get backend process IDget_dsn_parameters - Get connection parametersget_notices - Get database noticesparse_dsn - Parse a connection stringmake_dsn - Create a connection stringcancel_query - Cancel the current database operationset_session - Set session parameterslist_connections - List all active connectionslist_cursors - List all active cursorsgit clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp-psycopg2.git
cd mcp-psycopg2
pip install -e ".[test]"
# run tests
pytest
# format
ruff format src/ tests/
# lint
ruff check src/ tests/
# type check
mypy src/
Source-derived launch command. Check the maintainer’s required arguments and credentials before running:
uvx mcp-psycopg2Merge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-daedalus-mcp-psycopg2": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-psycopg2"
]
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.
Claude Desktop setup referencemcp-psycopg2pypiio.github.daedalus/mcp-psycopg2 works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect..vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect..mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.