AnalyticDB for MySQL

An interface for AI agents to interact with AnalyticDB for MySQL databases, allowing them to retrieve metadata and execute SQL operations.

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AnalyticDB for MySQL MCP Server

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AnalyticDB for MySQL MCP Server is a universal interface between AI Agents and AnalyticDB MySQL. It provides two categories of capabilities:

OpenAPI Tools (openapi group): Manage clusters, whitelists, accounts, networking, monitoring, diagnostics, and audit logs via Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI.
SQL Tools & Resources (sql group): Connect directly to ADB MySQL clusters to execute SQL, view execution plans, and browse database metadata.

Read-only tools are annotated with ToolAnnotations(readOnlyHint=True) per the MCP protocol, allowing clients to distinguish them from mutating operations.

一、Prerequisites

Python >= 3.13
uv (recommended package manager and runner)
Alibaba Cloud AccessKey (required for OpenAPI tools)
Optional: ADB MySQL connection credentials (for SQL tools in direct-connection mode)

二、Quick Start

2.1 Using cherry-studio (Recommended)

Download and install cherry-studio
Follow the documentation to install uv, which is required for the MCP environment
Configure and use ADB MySQL MCP according to the documentation. You can quickly import the configuration using the JSON below.

cherry-studio configuration

Configuration A — SQL tools only (execute queries, view plans, browse metadata):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb-mysql-mcp-server": {
      "name": "adb-mysql-mcp-server",
      "type": "stdio",
      "isActive": true,
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "adb-mysql-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ADB_MYSQL_HOST": "your_adb_mysql_host",
        "ADB_MYSQL_PORT": "3306",
        "ADB_MYSQL_USER": "your_username",
        "ADB_MYSQL_PASSWORD": "your_password",
        "ADB_MYSQL_DATABASE": "your_database"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration B — OpenAPI tools (cluster management, diagnostics, monitoring):

Note: Please set ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID and ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET to your Alibaba Cloud AccessKey credentials.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb-mysql-mcp-server": {
      "name": "adb-mysql-mcp-server",
      "type": "stdio",
      "isActive": true,
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "adb-mysql-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "your_access_key_id",
        "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "your_access_key_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

You can combine both configurations by setting all environment variables together. When AK/SK is not configured, OpenAPI tools are automatically disabled — only SQL tools remain active.

2.2 Using Claude Code

Download from GitHub and sync dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/aliyun/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server
cd alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server
uv sync

Add the following configuration to the Claude Code MCP config file (project-level: .mcp.json in the project root, or user-level: ~/.claude/settings.json):

stdio transport:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb-mysql-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "adb-mysql-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "your_access_key_id",
        "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "your_access_key_secret",
        "ALIBABA_CLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN": "",
        // Uncomment the following lines to enable SQL tools for direct database connection:
        // "ADB_MYSQL_HOST": "your_adb_mysql_host",
        // "ADB_MYSQL_PORT": "3306",
        // "ADB_MYSQL_USER": "your_username",
        // "ADB_MYSQL_PASSWORD": "your_password",
        // "ADB_MYSQL_DATABASE": "your_database"
      }
    }
  }
}

SSE transport — start the server first, then configure the client:

export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID="your_access_key_id"
export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET="your_access_key_secret"
# Uncomment the following lines to enable SQL tools for direct database connection:
# export ADB_MYSQL_HOST="your_adb_mysql_host"
# export ADB_MYSQL_PORT="3306"
# export ADB_MYSQL_USER="your_username"
# export ADB_MYSQL_PASSWORD="your_password"
# export ADB_MYSQL_DATABASE="your_database"
export SERVER_TRANSPORT=sse
export SERVER_PORT=8000

uv --directory /path/to/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server run adb-mysql-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb-mysql-mcp-server": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse"
    }
  }
}

Streamable HTTP transport — start the server first, then configure the client:

export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID="your_access_key_id"
export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET="your_access_key_secret"
# Uncomment the following lines to enable SQL tools for direct database connection:
# export ADB_MYSQL_HOST="your_adb_mysql_host"
# export ADB_MYSQL_PORT="3306"
# export ADB_MYSQL_USER="your_username"
# export ADB_MYSQL_PASSWORD="your_password"
# export ADB_MYSQL_DATABASE="your_database"
export SERVER_TRANSPORT=streamable_http
export SERVER_PORT=8000

uv --directory /path/to/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server run adb-mysql-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adb-mysql-mcp-server": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8000/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Note: When ADB_MYSQL_USER and ADB_MYSQL_PASSWORD are not configured but AK/SK is available, a temporary database account is automatically created via OpenAPI for SQL execution and cleaned up afterward.

2.3 Using Cline

Set environment variables and run the MCP server:

export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID="your_access_key_id"
export ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET="your_access_key_secret"
export SERVER_TRANSPORT=sse
export SERVER_PORT=8000

uv --directory /path/to/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server run adb-mysql-mcp-server

Then configure the Cline remote server:

remote_server = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse"

三、Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID`	Yes (OpenAPI tools)	Alibaba Cloud AccessKey ID
`ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET`	Yes (OpenAPI tools)	Alibaba Cloud AccessKey Secret
`ALIBABA_CLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN`	No	STS temporary security token
`ADB_MYSQL_HOST`	No	Database host (direct-connection mode)
`ADB_MYSQL_PORT`	No	Database port, default 3306 (direct-connection mode)
`ADB_MYSQL_USER`	No	Database username (direct-connection mode)
`ADB_MYSQL_PASSWORD`	No	Database password (direct-connection mode)
`ADB_MYSQL_DATABASE`	No	Default database name (direct-connection mode)
`ADB_MYSQL_CONNECT_TIMEOUT`	No	Database connection timeout in seconds, default 2
`ADB_API_CONNECT_TIMEOUT`	No	OpenAPI connection timeout in milliseconds, default 10000 (10s)
`ADB_API_READ_TIMEOUT`	No	OpenAPI read timeout in milliseconds, default 300000 (5min)
`SERVER_TRANSPORT`	No	Transport protocol: `stdio` (default), `sse`, `streamable_http`
`SERVER_PORT`	No	SSE/HTTP server port, default 8000

四、Tool List

4.1 Cluster Management (group: `openapi`)

Tool	Description
`describe_db_clusters`	List ADB MySQL clusters in a region
`describe_db_cluster_attribute`	Get detailed cluster attributes
`describe_cluster_access_whitelist`	Get cluster IP whitelist
`modify_cluster_access_whitelist`	Modify cluster IP whitelist
`describe_accounts`	List database accounts in a cluster
`describe_cluster_net_info`	Get cluster network connection info
`get_current_time`	Get current server time

4.2 Diagnostics & Monitoring (group: `openapi`)

Tool	Description
`describe_db_cluster_performance`	Query cluster performance metrics (CPU, memory, QPS, etc.)
`describe_db_cluster_health_status`	Query cluster health status
`describe_diagnosis_records`	Query SQL diagnosis summary records
`describe_diagnosis_sql_info`	Get SQL execution details (plan, runtime info)
`describe_bad_sql_detection`	Detect bad SQL impacting cluster stability
`describe_sql_patterns`	Query SQL pattern list
`describe_table_statistics`	Query table-level statistics

4.3 Administration & Audit (group: `openapi`)

Tool	Description
`create_account`	Create a database account
`modify_db_cluster_description`	Modify cluster description
`describe_db_cluster_space_summary`	Get cluster storage space summary
`describe_audit_log_records`	Query SQL audit log records

4.4 Advanced Diagnostics (group: `openapi`)

Tool	Description
`describe_executor_detection`	Compute node diagnostics
`describe_worker_detection`	Storage node diagnostics
`describe_controller_detection`	Access node diagnostics
`describe_available_advices`	Get optimization advices
`kill_process`	Kill a running query process
`describe_db_resource_group`	Get resource group configuration
`describe_excessive_primary_keys`	Detect tables with excessive primary keys
`describe_oversize_non_partition_table_infos`	Detect oversized non-partition tables
`describe_table_partition_diagnose`	Diagnose table partitioning issues
`describe_inclined_tables`	Detect data-skewed tables

4.5 SQL Tools (group: `sql`)

Tool	Description
`execute_sql`	Execute SQL on an ADB MySQL cluster
`get_query_plan`	Get EXPLAIN execution plan
`get_execution_plan`	Get EXPLAIN ANALYZE actual execution plan

4.6 MCP Resources (group: `sql`)

Resource URI	Description
`adbmysql:///databases`	List all databases
`adbmysql:///{database}/tables`	List all tables in a database
`adbmysql:///{database}/{table}/ddl`	Get table DDL
`adbmysql:///config/{key}/value`	Get a config key value

五、Local Development

git clone https://github.com/aliyun/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server
cd alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server
uv sync

Run tests:

uv run python -m pytest test/ -v

Debug with MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector \
  -e ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_ak \
  -e ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET=your_sk \
  uv --directory /path/to/alibabacloud-adb-mysql-mcp-server run adb-mysql-mcp-server

六、SKILL

In addition to the MCP server above, this project also provides an independent SKILL under the skill/ directory. The Skill can be deployed directly to Claude Code without relying on this MCP server (it calls ADB MySQL OpenAPI through call_adb_api.py in the SKILL directory).

The Skill covers cluster information queries, performance monitoring, slow query diagnosis, SQL Pattern analysis, and SQL execution, with built-in guided diagnostic workflows for common scenarios.

For setup and usage details, see skill/skill_readme.md.

Note: The evolution of this Skill will be aligned with our next-generation Agent in the future. Stay tuned.

License

Apache License 2.0

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