🚀 MCP PostgREST Extension

The mcp_postgrest PostgreSQL extension transforms your database into an AI-powered tool interface compliant with Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP).

✅ Secure, extensible, PostgREST-compatible, and now supports AI-assisted function generation using OpenAI or Anthropic models.

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🔧 Features

🧠 MCP-Compatible Tool Interface

• Define tools directly via the mcp_tools table
• Each tool maps to a PostgreSQL function, with JSON Schema for inputs/outputs
• Callable with:

  SELECT call_tool('tool_name', '{"arg1": "value"}'::jsonb);

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⚙️ Automatic CRUD Tool Generation

• On CREATE TABLE, generates:
  • A tool_create_<table> function
  • A corresponding entry in mcp_tools
• Globally toggleable using:

  SET mcp_postgrest.crud_autogen_enabled = 'on'; -- or 'off'

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🤖 AI-Based Tool Generation (NEW)

Use OpenAI or Anthropic to generate PostgreSQL tool functions using your existing schema!

SELECT generate_ai_tool(
  provider := 'openai',         -- or 'anthropic'
  api_key := '<your-api-key>',
  tool_name := 'summarize_customers',
  description := 'Summarize customer behavior for marketing',
  table_names := ARRAY['customers', 'orders']
);

This returns:

• ✅ A ready-to-run curl command
• 🧠 Prompt includes inferred schema details
• 🎯 Output (when pasted into shell and run) will generate SQL you can paste back into the DB

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🛡️ Security & Access Control

• PostgreSQL RLS-compatible
• Tools can be role-restricted via allowed_roles in mcp_tools
• Tool behavior is customizable per-function

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📦 Installation

1. Copy Extension Files

cp mcp_postgrest.control /usr/share/postgresql/extension/
cp sql/mcp_postgrest--0.1.1.sql /usr/share/postgresql/extension/

Check your location with pg_config --sharedir

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2. Create the Extension

CREATE EXTENSION mcp_postgrest;

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🔄 Configuration

Global Auto-CRUD Toggle

SET mcp_postgrest.crud_autogen_enabled = 'on';  -- or 'off'

In postgresql.conf for permanent config:

mcp_postgrest.crud_autogen_enabled = 'on'

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📚 Tables & Functions

mcp_tools

Column	Description
name	Unique tool name
description	Tool purpose
function_name	Underlying PostgreSQL function
input_schema	JSON Schema for input validation
output_schema	JSON Schema for output validation
allowed_roles	Allowed PostgreSQL roles
is_enabled	Boolean toggle for tool availability
config	Optional JSONB config

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call_tool(tool_name, args JSONB) → JSONB

Dispatches a request to the corresponding function with proper access control and input.

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generate_ai_tool(provider, api_key, tool_name, description, table_names[])

Returns a curl command using the selected LLM provider (openai or anthropic) with schema-aware context to generate SQL functions.

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🧪 Example

CREATE TABLE products(name TEXT, price INT);

-- Generates:
-- - tool_create_products(JSONB)
-- - mcp_tools entry: create_products

SELECT call_tool('create_products', '{"name": "Shoe", "price": 50}');

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🌐 PostgREST Integration

PostgREST automatically exposes all call_tool RPCs:

POST /rpc/call_tool
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "tool_name": "get_weather",
  "args": { "location": "New York" }
}

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🪪 License

MIT — Open Source. Build responsibly.

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📬 Coming Soon

• ✅ Streamed response support for HTTPStreamable
• 🧠 Tool chaining + tool logs
• 🔄 AI loop completion from within the DB