# bq-readonly-mcp

> Read-only BigQuery MCP server with auto-LIMIT, dry-run cost guard, and ADC auth — for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, and other MCP clients.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/bq-readonly-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/mariadb-RupeshBiswas/bq-readonly-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/mariadb-RupeshBiswas/bq-readonly-mcp#readme
- version: 0.1.4
- protocols: mcp
- tags: adc, ai, anthropic, bigquery, claude, cursor, google-cloud, llm, mcp, readonly, windsurf
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:bq-readonly-mcp

### Description (declared)

# bq-readonly-mcp

> 🔍 Read-only BigQuery MCP server with auto-LIMIT, dry-run cost guard, and ADC auth. Safe for LLMs to query your BigQuery — no DML, no surprises, no runaway bills.

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## ✨ Why this exists

LLMs connected to BigQuery can accidentally scan terabytes if the MCP layer lets them run arbitrary SQL. `bq-readonly-mcp` prevents that by design: every query goes through a strict `SELECT`/`WITH`-only validator, gets an automatic `LIMIT` injected before it runs, and is priced via a dry-run before any bytes are billed. If the estimated cost exceeds the cap (default 1 GB), the query is refused outright — before a single byte hits your bill.

The server runs as a local stdio process under your OS account, uses [Application Default Credentials](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials), and exposes zero write operations. There is no INSERT, no UPDATE, no DELETE, no DDL — anywhere in the codebase. The only thing it can do is read, and it does that safely.

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## 🛠️ The 7 tools

| Tool | What it does | Use when… |
|---|---|---|
| `list_datasets` | List datasets in the project, with optional name filter | Starting exploration, finding what exists |
| `list_tables` | List tables in a dataset, with optional name filter | Drilling into a specific dataset |
| `get_table_metadata` | Table type, partitioning, clustering, row count, size | Checking if a table is large before querying |
| `describe_columns` | Column schema for a ta…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (0.825, derived)
- infra.cloud (0.75, derived)
- data.database (0.733, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/bq-readonly-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T10:27:43.250Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/bq-readonly-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/bq-readonly-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:bq-readonly-mcp