database mcp mysql for VS Code
io.github.arifulislamat/database-mcp-mysql
MCP server for MySQL. Read-only by default, row caps, statement timeouts, secrets never logged.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install database mcp mysql in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mysql-host",
"description": "MYSQL_HOST",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mysql-user",
"description": "MYSQL_USER",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mysql-password",
"description": "MYSQL_PASSWORD",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mysql-database",
"description": "MYSQL_DATABASE",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"database-mcp-mysql": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@database-mcp/mysql"
],
"env": {
"MYSQL_HOST": "${input:mysql-host}",
"MYSQL_USER": "${input:mysql-user}",
"MYSQL_PASSWORD": "${input:mysql-password}",
"MYSQL_DATABASE": "${input:mysql-database}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs