# steampipe-mcp-server

> A Python MCP server interacting with PostgreSQL, intended for use with Steampipe.

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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/steampipe-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.2.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: llm, mcp, postgres, postgresql, steampipe
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:steampipe-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# Steampipe MCP Server

An MCP server interacting with PostgreSQL databases, primarily for use with [Steampipe](https://steampipe.io/).

Steampipe has a schema per connection, and creates a search_path that includes all the schemas, but public schema is typically empty. In additiona to that, Steampipe plugins for AWS, GCP and other clouds have a lot of tables, so just listing all of them is not practical. So, the recommended way to prompt your Claude Desktop would be to say something like this: "In steampipe using aws_all schema, give me a list of all ec2 instances". This way Claude will be more likely to use list_tables_in_schema in schema command, to limit the number of tables retrieved.

## Prerequisites

### 1. Install Steampipe

**macOS:**

```bash
brew tap turbot/tap
brew install steampipe
```

**Linux:**

```bash
sudo /bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/steampipe.sh)"
```

**Windows:**

```bash
iwr -useb https://steampipe.io/install/steampipe.ps1 | iex
```

### 2. Start Steampipe Service

Start Steampipe as a background service:

```bash
steampipe service start
```

You can verify the service is running with:

```bash
steampipe service status
```

### 3. Get Database URL

The Steampipe PostgreSQL connection string can be found:

```bash
steampipe service status
```

Look for the `Database URL` in the output, which typically looks like:

```
postgres://steampipe:password@localhost:9193/steampipe
```

You can provide this URL in the `--database-url` argument when running the server:

```
steampipe-mcp-server --database-url postgresql://steampipe:password@localhost:9193/steampipe
```

Note: Protocol must be `postgresql://` for the server to work correctly.

### 4. Configuring Environment Variables

You can configure the database connection using an environment variable instead of passing it each time:

1. Create a `.env` file in the project directory with your database URL:

   ```
   STEAMPIPE_MCP_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://steampipe:password@…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, declared)
- infra.cloud (0.71, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/steampipe-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T13:19:41.595Z)

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