MySQL MCP
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Independent open source maintainer benborla, with several parallel community implementations from other authors.
An MCP server that lets an AI assistant inspect MySQL database schemas and execute read-only SQL queries against a configured database.
Runs as a local process that connects to a MySQL server over the standard MySQL protocol using connection credentials.
First published in 2024 alongside the wider wave of database MCP connectors that followed the protocol's release.
Lets an agent explore and query relational data during debugging, reporting, or data analysis tasks without shell access.
Requires an MCP client and MySQL connection credentials, host, user, password, and database, with at least read privileges.
Community maintained, MIT license, defaults to read-only queries though some forks allow writes, runs locally against a database the operator controls.
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