What is the MySQL MCP Server MCP server?
Python MCP server for MySQL database inspection and querying
How to install MySQL MCP Server
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.Environment / auth
MYSQL_HOSTMySQL host
MYSQL_PORTMySQL port
MYSQL_USERMySQL username
MYSQL_PASSWORDsecretMySQL password
MYSQL_DATABASErequiredMySQL database name
MYSQL_POOL_SIZEMySQL connection pool size
LOG_LEVELPython logging level
MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMITMaximum rows returned by read queries
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mysql-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mdev-mysql-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MYSQL_HOST": "<YOUR_MYSQL_HOST>",
"MYSQL_PORT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PORT>",
"MYSQL_USER": "<YOUR_MYSQL_USER>",
"MYSQL_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PASSWORD>",
"MYSQL_DATABASE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE>",
"MYSQL_POOL_SIZE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_POOL_SIZE>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT>"
}
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mysql-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mdev-mysql-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MYSQL_HOST": "<YOUR_MYSQL_HOST>",
"MYSQL_PORT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PORT>",
"MYSQL_USER": "<YOUR_MYSQL_USER>",
"MYSQL_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PASSWORD>",
"MYSQL_DATABASE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE>",
"MYSQL_POOL_SIZE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_POOL_SIZE>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT>"
}
}
}
}Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mysql-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mdev-mysql-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MYSQL_HOST": "<YOUR_MYSQL_HOST>",
"MYSQL_PORT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PORT>",
"MYSQL_USER": "<YOUR_MYSQL_USER>",
"MYSQL_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PASSWORD>",
"MYSQL_DATABASE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE>",
"MYSQL_POOL_SIZE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_POOL_SIZE>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"mysql-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mdev-mysql-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MYSQL_HOST": "<YOUR_MYSQL_HOST>",
"MYSQL_PORT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PORT>",
"MYSQL_USER": "<YOUR_MYSQL_USER>",
"MYSQL_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_MYSQL_PASSWORD>",
"MYSQL_DATABASE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE>",
"MYSQL_POOL_SIZE": "<YOUR_MYSQL_POOL_SIZE>",
"LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL>",
"MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT": "<YOUR_MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT>"
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add mysql-mcp-server --env MYSQL_HOST=<YOUR_MYSQL_HOST> --env MYSQL_PORT=<YOUR_MYSQL_PORT> --env MYSQL_USER=<YOUR_MYSQL_USER> --env MYSQL_PASSWORD=<YOUR_MYSQL_PASSWORD> --env MYSQL_DATABASE=<YOUR_MYSQL_DATABASE> --env MYSQL_POOL_SIZE=<YOUR_MYSQL_POOL_SIZE> --env LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_LOG_LEVEL> --env MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT=<YOUR_MYSQL_READ_QUERY_LIMIT> -- uvx mdev-mysql-mcp-serverRelated MCP servers
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