{"data":{"slug":"mcp-toolbox","name":"MCP Toolbox for Databases","tagline":"Apache-2.0 Google MCP server for databases","category":"agents","categoryName":"AI Agents","url":"https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox","github":"https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox","pricing":"open-source","hook":"MCP Toolbox for Databases (formerly genai-toolbox) gives an agent safe, named database tools — you define the queries once and the server handles connection pooling, auth and observability.","whatsGood":"Apache-2.0, from Google (googleapis/mcp-toolbox), release v1.14.0. Prebuilt generic tools such as list_tables and execute_sql get an MCP client talking to a database in minutes; for production you define your own parameterised SQL tools in tools.yaml. Works with Postgres, MySQL and many more, plus Google Cloud databases. ★~16.6k.","theCatch":"You write and maintain your SQL tools yourself in tools.yaml — the server does not invent safe queries for you. The prebuilt tool sets mostly target Google databases (AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Spanner and friends); other engines get the generic tools. Renamed from genai-toolbox, so older guides use the old name.","verdict":"The Google-backed way to give agents database access through queries you control — budget time for writing tools.yaml.","addedAt":"2026-10-12","featured":false,"domain":"AI Agents","subSpecialty":"MCP","subcategory":"MCP","tags":["mcp","self-host","permissive","auth","observability","active"],"capabilities":["mcp","auth"],"surfaces":["MCP","Self-host"],"ecosystem":["Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"Apache-2.0","githubStars":16679,"starsPerWeek":135,"access":"free","archived":false,"repo":{"createdAt":"2024-06-07","pushedAt":"2026-10-17","license":"Apache-2.0","archived":false,"checkedAt":"2026-10-19"}},"related":[{"slug":"claude-code","name":"Claude Code","tagline":"Terminal-first coding agent with deep repository context"},{"slug":"cursor","name":"Cursor","tagline":"The AI-first code editor that understands your codebase"},{"slug":"devin","name":"Devin","tagline":"Autonomous AI engineer for defined engineering tasks"},{"slug":"stagehand","name":"Stagehand","tagline":"AI-native browser automation that mixes code and natural language"},{"slug":"browser-use","name":"Browser Use","tagline":"Open-source framework for LLM-driven browser agents"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/mcp-toolbox","html":"/gems/mcp-toolbox","markdown":"/gems/mcp-toolbox.md","category":"/api/gems?category=agents","categoryPage":"/stacks/agents"}}