# psql-mcp

> Hardened, read-only Postgres MCP server with credential isolation

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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/psql-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Sangwan Jeon
- homepage: https://github.com/maxswjeon/psql-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/maxswjeon/psql-mcp
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: claude, llm, mcp, postgres, postgresql, psql, read-only
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:psql-mcp

### Description (declared)

# psql-mcp

A hardened, **read-only** Postgres [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server.
Give an LLM (Claude Code, etc.) safe query access to one or more databases —
without giving it the ability to write, run DDL, shell out, read server files, or
see your connection credentials.

Extracted and generalized from a per-repo server used in production. The security
core (`psql_mcp/hardening.py`) is unit-tested and unchanged from that origin.

## What it guarantees

Every query is validated and then wrapped so the **Postgres engine itself** — not
this Python — enforces read-only:

```sql
SET default_transaction_read_only = on;
BEGIN READ ONLY;
  <your SQL>
;
ROLLBACK;
```

On top of that, pre-flight validation rejects:

- **psql meta-commands** (`\!`, `\copy`, `\g`, `\gexec`, …) anywhere they'd be
  interpreted — including mid-line after SQL — closing the `\!` shell-escape.
- **Read-only escapes**: `RESET`, `DISCARD`, `SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION`,
  `SET ... READ WRITE`, `transaction_read_only`, `SESSION CHARACTERISTICS`, and
  transaction control (`BEGIN`/`COMMIT`/`ROLLBACK`/`SAVEPOINT`/`START TRANSACTION`).
  `CASE … END` is unaffected.
- **Filesystem / shell reach**: `COPY … PROGRAM`, non-`STDOUT` `COPY`,
  `pg_read_file` and the `pg_ls_*dir` family, `lo_import`/`lo_export`.
- **Obfuscation**: `U&'…'` unicode-escape introducers and dynamic-SQL executors
  (`dblink*`, `query_to_xml*`) that could assemble a blocked name at runtime.

Output is streamed under a 60 KB cap and a 60s timeout, killing the whole psql
process group (not just a wrapping `bash`) so a runaway `SELECT` can't exhaust
memory or hang the server. stderr is always surfaced so a blocked write never
looks like a silent no-op.

> These are defence-in-depth guardrails, not a substitute for least privilege.
> Point each environment at a **role that only has `SELECT`**; the server then
> just keeps the model from fighting that role.

## Install

Requires `psql` on `PATH`. Then either:

```bash
# one-off,…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, declared)
- dev.filesystem (1, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/psql-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T10:24:15.717Z)

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