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filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
SQL_MCP_Server
by pawankumar94
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Official
Categories
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
DatabaseDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
LanguageTypeScriptPython
Last committhis month11 mo ago

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

SQL_MCP_Server · Summary

SQLGenius is an MCP server that converts natural language to SQL queries using Gemini Pro with BigQuery integration.

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

SQL_MCP_Server · Use cases

  • Business analysts exploring data without writing SQL
  • Data teams creating dashboards for non-technical stakeholders
  • Developers prototyping queries before implementation

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

SQL_MCP_Server · Install

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/pawankumar94/sql_mcp_server.git
cd sql_mcp_server
  1. Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Set up environment variables:
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your BigQuery credentials
  1. Launch with Streamlit:
streamlit run streamlit_app.py

For Claude Desktop integration, add this to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sqlgenius": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["path/to/sql_mcp_server/sql_mcp_server.py"]
    }
  }
}
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