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Pick a client above and copy the generated config. Cursor and VS Code also have a deep link when the server can run locally or remotely.

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MySQL MCP MCP Server

Name: MySQL MCP MCP Server
Author: gistrec

MCP server for one MySQL database: schema, read-only queries and guarded writes.

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gistrec-mcp-mysql-client": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-mysql-client@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MYSQL_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MYSQL_PORT": "3306",
        "MYSQL_USER": "",
        "MYSQL_PASS": "YOUR_MYSQL_PASS",
        "MYSQL_DB": "",
        "MYSQL_SSL": "false",
        "MYSQL_SSL_CA": "",
        "ALLOW_INSERT_OPERATION": "false",
        "ALLOW_UPDATE_OPERATION": "false",
        "ALLOW_DELETE_OPERATION": "false",
        "MYSQL_MAX_ROWS": "1000",
        "MYSQL_TIMEOUT_MS": "30000"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
MYSQL_HOST	No	Database host.
MYSQL_PORT	No	Database port.
MYSQL_USER	Yes	MySQL user. Use one with the least privileges the task needs, never root.
MYSQL_PASS	No	Password for that user. Treat it as a secret; MYSQL_PASS_FILE reads it from a file instead. Secret.
MYSQL_DB	Yes	The one database this server is bound to. No tool can leave it.
MYSQL_SSL	No	Require a TLS connection to the server.
MYSQL_SSL_CA	No	Path to the CA bundle verifying the server certificate; implies MYSQL_SSL.
ALLOW_INSERT_OPERATION	No	Allow INSERT statements through the execute tool.
ALLOW_UPDATE_OPERATION	No	Allow UPDATE statements through the execute tool.
ALLOW_DELETE_OPERATION	No	Allow DELETE statements through the execute tool.
MYSQL_MAX_ROWS	No	Row cap for one read; the result is marked truncated when it is hit.
MYSQL_TIMEOUT_MS	No	Statement timeout in milliseconds; the connection is dropped on expiry.

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