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Tiger MCP MCP Server

io.github.timescale/tiger-cli

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What is the Tiger MCP MCP server?

Provides programmatic access to Tiger Cloud services, databases, and documentation.

How to install Tiger MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY
    required

    Tiger Cloud API public key for authentication

  • TIGER_SECRET_KEY
    required
    secret

    Tiger Cloud API secret key for authentication

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger-cli": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.21.0",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.config/tiger",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.pgpass"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger-cli": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.21.0",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.config/tiger",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.pgpass"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger-cli": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.21.0",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.config/tiger",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.pgpass"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "tiger-cli": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.21.0",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.config/tiger",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.pgpass"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add tiger-cli --env TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY=<YOUR_TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY> --env TIGER_SECRET_KEY=<YOUR_TIGER_SECRET_KEY> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.21.0 --mount type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.config/tiger --mount type=bind,src={source_path},dst=/home/tiger/.pgpass

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