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MCP Server for MySQL based on NodeJS

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

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

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:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp_server_myqsl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@benborla29/mcp-server-mysql",
      ],
      "env": {
        "MYSQL_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MYSQL_PORT": "3306",
        "MYSQL_USER": "root",
        "MYSQL_PASS": "",
        "MYSQL_DB": "db_name"
      }

    }
  }
}

Replace /db_name with your database name or leave it blank to retrieve all databases.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter an error "Could not connect to MCP server mcp-server-mysql", you may need to explicitly set the path of all required binaries such as the configuration below:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp_server_myqsl": {
      "command": "/path/to/npx/binary/npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@benborla29/mcp-server-mysql",
      ],
      "env": {
        "MYSQL_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MYSQL_PORT": "3306",
        "MYSQL_USER": "root",
        "MYSQL_PASS": "",
        "MYSQL_DB": "db_name"
        "PATH": "/path/to/node/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" <-- Add this
      }

    }
  }
}

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.