# sql-explorer-mcp

> Read-only Model Context Protocol server for SQL databases. Lets LLMs (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Continue) introspect and query SQL Server, Postgres, and SQLite with multi-layer safety guards including sql-sop linting.

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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/sql-explorer-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Pawan Singh Kapkoti
- homepage: https://github.com/Pawansingh3889/sql-explorer-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/Pawansingh3889/sql-explorer-mcp
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: claude, cursor, database-explorer, llm, mcp, model-context-protocol, mssql, postgres, read-only, sql, sql-linter, sql-server, sqlite
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:sql-explorer-mcp

### Description (declared)

# sql-explorer-mcp

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Read-only Model Context Protocol server for SQL databases. Lets LLMs (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Continue) introspect and query **SQL Server, Postgres, and SQLite** with three layers of safety:

1. **Connection-level read-only** — `pyodbc readonly=True`, Postgres `SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY`
2. **AST validation** — sqlglot parses every query and rejects anything that isn't a `SELECT` (catches DML smuggled in CTEs)
3. **Linter pass** — [sql-sop](https://pypi.org/project/sql-sop/) checks every query and rejects error-severity findings; warnings are surfaced to the LLM as advisory output

Multi-server: configure several databases in one `servers.yaml`, the LLM picks which one to target per call.

## Tools exposed to the LLM

| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `list_servers()` | Enumerate configured servers + their dialect |
| `list_databases(server?)` | List databases on a server |
| `list_tables(server?, database?, schema?)` | List tables, optionally filtered by schema |
| `describe_table(table, server?, schema?)` | Columns, types, nullability, defaults |
| `get_table_sample(table, n=10, server?, schema?)` | Quick `SELECT TOP n / LIMIT n` |
| `run_query(sql, server?)` | Execute arbitrary SELECT — three-layer safety stack |
| `explain_query(sql, server?)` | Return execution plan (engine-specific) |
| `search_objects(query, server?)` | Find tables and columns by name fragment |

All tools accept an optional `server` to target a specific entry from `servers.yaml`. Default server is used when omitted.

## Install

```bash
pip install sql-explorer-mcp
# or
pipx install sql-explorer-mcp
```

For SQL Server, install [Microsoft ODBC Driver 18](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/c…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/sql-explorer-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T13:19:19.075Z)

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