You are working with the MCP MySQL Operations Server, a powerful tool that provides comprehensive MySQL database monitoring and analysis capabilities
You are working with the MCP MySQL Operations Server, a powerful tool that provides comprehensive MySQL database monitoring and analysis capabilities through natural language queries. This server offers 19 specialized tools for database. Exposed over MCP by the mcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
get_server_info — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_database_list — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_table_list — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_table_schema_info — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_database_overview — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_user_list — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_active_connections — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_server_status — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+get_table_size_info — MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+Configuration — The Configuration tool exposed by this serverYou will need 5 environment variables: PYTHONPATH, MYSQL_HOST, MYSQL_ROOT_HOST, REMOTE_SECRET_KEY, FASTMCP_HOST. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of database access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. MCP's toolset — get_server_info, get_database_list, get_table_list and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_server_info | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_database_list | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_table_list | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_table_schema_info | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_database_overview | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_user_list | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_active_connections | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_server_status | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| get_table_size_info | MySQL 5.7.9+ / 8.0+ |
| Configuration | The Configuration tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-mysql-ops": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "http://your-server:8000/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer your-secure-secret-key-here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PYTHONPATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| MYSQL_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
| MYSQL_ROOT_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
| REMOTE_SECRET_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| FASTMCP_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
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