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PostgreSQL (hardened, read-only) for Cursor

io.github.eszetael/postgres-mcp-hardened

Read-only PostgreSQL over MCP. Writes refused at the parsed SQL, plus a READ ONLY transaction.

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install PostgreSQL (hardened, read-only) in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres-mcp-hardened": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "postgres-mcp-hardened"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATABASE_URL": "<DATABASE_URL>",
        "MCP_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT": "<MCP_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT>",
        "MCP_ALLOW_TABLES": "<MCP_ALLOW_TABLES>",
        "MCP_AUDIT_LOG": "<MCP_AUDIT_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

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