TiDB

An MCP server for TiDB, a serverless, distributed SQL database.

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mcp-server-tidb

MCP server implementation for TiDB (serverless) database.

Prerequisites

  • uv (Python package installer)

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/c4pt0r/mcp-server-tidb
cd mcp-server-tidb

# Install the package and dependencies using uv
uv venv
uv pip install -e .

Configuration

Go tidbcloud.com to create a free TiDB database cluster

Configuration can be provided through environment variables, or using .env:

  • TIDB_HOST - TiDB host address, e.g. 'gateway01.us-east-1.prod.aws.tidbcloud.com'
  • TIDB_PORT - TiDB port (default: 4000)
  • TIDB_USERNAME - Database username, e.g. 'xxxxxxxxxx.<username>'
  • TIDB_PASSWORD - Database password
  • TIDB_DATABASE - Database name, default is test

Run with Claude Desktop

Config Claude Desktop, HOWTO

claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
      "tidb": {
          "command": "uv",
          "args": [
              "--directory",
              "/path/to/mcp-server-tidb",
              "run",
              "src/main.py"
          ]
      }
  }
}

If you're running mcp-server-tidb in WSL, the claude_desktop_config.json should look like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tool-with-env-vars": {
      "command": "wsl.exe",
      "args": [
        "bash",
        "-c",
        "/path/to/uv --directory /path/to/mcp-server-tidb run python src/main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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