SQLite MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for SQLite database operations. This server provides a standardized interface for SQLite database interactions including schema inspection, read and write operations.

Available Tools

The MCP server exposes three main tools:

get_schema

• Description: List all tables in the SQLite database with their schema information
• Parameters: None
• Usage: Provides complete schema introspection including columns, types, constraints, and indexes

query

• Description: Execute read-only queries against the SQLite database.
• Parameters:
  • sql (required): Read-only SQL query to execute -Usage: Only SELECT, WITH, and EXPLAIN queries are allowed
• Example: SELECT * FROM users WHERE age > 25

execute

• Description: Execute write operations against the SQLite database
• Parameters:
  • sql (required): SQL statement that modifies the database
• Usage: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, ALTER, DROP operations
• Example: INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES ('John Doe', 'john@example.com')

Get Started

Prerequisites

• Go: SQLite MCP Server requires Go 1.26 or later. Download from go.dev/doc/install
• Task: Install go-task to run automated development tasks. Install using Homebrew with brew install go-task
• SQLite3: For creating and managing SQLite databases locally
• golangci-lint: Go linter. Install using Homebrew with brew install golangci-lint or follow instructions at golangci-lint.run (optional)
• Docker: To run the server with Docker (optional)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rvarun11/sqlite-mcp.git
cd sqlite-mcp

1. Build:

# Builds the binary and the example database
task build

# Or if you prefer Docker:
task docker-build

MCP Client Configuration

After installation, add the following configuration to your MCP client:

Using built binary:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sqlite": {
      "command": "/path/to/your/sqlite-mcp/build/sqlite-mcp",
      "args": [
        "--database",
        "/path/to/your/database.db"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Args:

• --database, -d: Path to SQLite database file (required)
• --debug: Enable debug mode for verbose logging (optional)

Using Docker:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sqlite": {
      "command": "/path/to/your/.docker/bin/docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "sqlite-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

The above uses example.sql to build the example database. To use a custom schema sql, see the Docker commands below.

Important Note for GUI Applications: When configuring MCP clients in GUI applications (like Claude Desktop), you must use absolute paths for both the command and database file paths. Do not use:

• Tilde (~) for home directory shortcuts
• Environment variables like $HOME or $PATH
• Relative paths like ./build/sqlite-mcp
• Command shortcuts that rely on PATH resolution (like just docker)

Development

To see a list of all available development tasks, run:

task --list

Available tasks include:

• fmt: Tidy modules and format code
• lint: Run goclangci-lint static analysis
• test: Run unit tests
• check: Run fmt, lint and test.
• build-example-db: Create example db from example.sql
• run-dev: Run from source with example db, includes all checks
• build: Build the binary with example db, including tests
• docker-build: Build Docker image

Run the Build

Binary

• After building the binary with task build or task build-with-db, run:

./build/sqlite-mcp --database ./build/example.db [--debug]

Docker

• After building the docker image with task docker-build, run the Docker container:

# Run with default example.sql database
docker run -i --rm sqlite-mcp-server

# Or run with custom schema.sql file
docker run -i --rm -v "/path/to/your/schema.sql:/data/schema.sql" sqlite-mcp-server