<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>IDEs on MCP Toolbox for Databases</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/</link><description>Recent content in IDEs on MCP Toolbox for Databases</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>AlloyDB Admin API using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/alloydb_pg_admin_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/alloydb_pg_admin_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to AlloyDB Docs&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to AlloyDB documentation... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox">click here to view the docs&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>AlloyDB using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/alloydb_pg_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/alloydb_pg_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to AlloyDB using MCP&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to AlloyDB using MCP... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox">click here to proceed&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>BigQuery using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/bigquery_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/bigquery_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to BigQuery using MCP&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to BigQuery using MCP... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox">click here to proceed&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>Cloud SQL for MySQL using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to Cloud SQL for MySQL using MCP&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to Cloud SQL for MySQL using MCP... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox">click here to proceed&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>Cloud SQL for Postgres using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to Cloud SQL for Postgres using MCP&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to Cloud SQL for Postgres using MCP... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox">click here to proceed&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>Cloud SQL for SQL Server using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to Cloud SQL for SQL Server using MCP&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to Cloud SQL for SQL Server using MCP... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox">click here to proceed&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>Firestore using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/firestore_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/firestore_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to Firestore using MCP&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to Firestore using MCP... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/firestore/native/docs/connect-ide-using-mcp-toolbox">click here to proceed&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>Looker using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction">Model Context Protocol (MCP)&lt;/a> is
an open protocol for connecting Large Language Models (LLMs) to data sources
like Postgres. This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a>
to expose your developer assistant tools to a Looker instance:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini-CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/looker_mcp/#connect-with-antigravity">Antigravity&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="set-up-looker">Set up Looker&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Get a Looker Client ID and Client Secret. Follow the directions
&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/api-auth#authentication_with_an_sdk">here&lt;/a>.&lt;/p>
&lt;/li>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Have the base URL of your Looker instance available. It is likely
something like &lt;code>https://looker.example.com&lt;/code>. In some cases the API is
listening at a different port, and you will need to use
&lt;code>https://looker.example.com:19999&lt;/code> instead.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>MySQL using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction">Model Context Protocol (MCP)&lt;/a> is
an open protocol for connecting Large Language Models (LLMs) to data sources
like MySQL. This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a> to
expose your developer assistant tools to a MySQL instance:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mysql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="set-up-the-database">Set up the database&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/">Create or select a MySQL instance.&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ol>
&lt;h2 id="install-mcp-toolbox">Install MCP Toolbox&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Download the latest version of Toolbox as a binary. Select the &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox/releases">correct
binary&lt;/a> corresponding
to your OS and CPU architecture. You are required to use Toolbox version
V0.10.0+:&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Neo4j using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction">Model Context Protocol (MCP)&lt;/a> is
an open protocol for connecting Large Language Models (LLMs) to data sources
like Neo4j. This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a> to
expose your developer assistant tools to a Neo4j instance:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/neo4j_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="set-up-the-database">Set up the database&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://neo4j.com/cloud/platform/aura-graph-database/">Create or select a Neo4j
instance.&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ol>
&lt;h2 id="install-mcp-toolbox">Install MCP Toolbox&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Download the latest version of Toolbox as a binary. Select the &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox/releases">correct
binary&lt;/a> corresponding
to your OS and CPU architecture. You are required to use Toolbox version
v0.15.0+:&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Oracle using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction">Model Context Protocol (MCP)&lt;/a> is
an open protocol for connecting Large Language Models (LLMs) to data sources
like Oracle. This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a>
to expose your developer assistant tools to an Oracle instance:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/oracle_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="set-up-the-database">Set up the database&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Create or select an Oracle instance.&lt;/p>
&lt;/li>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Create or reuse a database user and have the username and password ready.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>PostgreSQL using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction">Model Context Protocol (MCP)&lt;/a> is
an open protocol for connecting Large Language Models (LLMs) to data sources
like Postgres. This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a>
to expose your developer assistant tools to a Postgres instance:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/postgres_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;style type="text/css">
 
 .notice {
 --title-color: #fff;
 --title-background-color: #6be;
 --content-color: #444;
 --content-background-color: #e7f2fa;
 }

 .notice.info {
 --title-background-color: #fb7;
 --content-background-color: #fec;
 }

 .notice.tip {
 --title-background-color: #5a5;
 --content-background-color: #efe;
 }

 .notice.warning {
 --title-background-color: #c33;
 --content-background-color: #fee;
 }

 
 @media (prefers-color-scheme:dark) {
 .notice {
 --title-color: #fff;
 --title-background-color: #069;
 --content-color: #ddd;
 --content-background-color: #023;
 }

 .notice.info {
 --title-background-color: #a50;
 --content-background-color: #420;
 }

 .notice.tip {
 --title-background-color: #363;
 --content-background-color: #121;
 }

 .notice.warning {
 --title-background-color: #800;
 --content-background-color: #400;
 }
 }

 body.dark .notice {
 --title-color: #fff;
 --title-background-color: #069;
 --content-color: #ddd;
 --content-background-color: #023;
 }

 body.dark .notice.info {
 --title-background-color: #a50;
 --content-background-color: #420;
 }

 body.dark .notice.tip {
 --title-background-color: #363;
 --content-background-color: #121;
 }

 body.dark .notice.warning {
 --title-background-color: #800;
 --content-background-color: #400;
 }

 
 .notice {
 padding: 18px;
 line-height: 24px;
 margin-bottom: 24px;
 border-radius: 4px;
 color: var(--content-color);
 background: var(--content-background-color);
 }

 .notice p:last-child {
 margin-bottom: 0
 }

 
 .notice-title {
 margin: -18px -18px 12px;
 padding: 4px 18px;
 border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
 font-weight: 700;
 color: var(--title-color);
 background: var(--title-background-color);
 }

 
 .icon-notice {
 display: inline-flex;
 align-self: center;
 margin-right: 8px;
 }

 .icon-notice img,
 .icon-notice svg {
 height: 1em;
 width: 1em;
 fill: currentColor;
 }

 .icon-notice img,
 .icon-notice.baseline svg {
 top: .125em;
 position: relative;
 }
&lt;/style>&lt;div class="notice tip" >
 &lt;p class="notice-title">
 &lt;span class="icon-notice baseline">
 &lt;svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="300.5 134 300 300">
 &lt;path d="M551.281 252.36c0-3.32-1.172-6.641-3.515-8.985l-17.774-17.578c-2.344-2.344-5.469-3.711-8.789-3.711-3.32 0-6.445 1.367-8.789 3.71l-79.687 79.493-44.141-44.14c-2.344-2.344-5.469-3.712-8.79-3.712-3.32 0-6.444 1.368-8.788 3.711l-17.774 17.579c-2.343 2.343-3.515 5.664-3.515 8.984 0 3.32 1.172 6.445 3.515 8.789l70.704 70.703c2.343 2.344 5.664 3.711 8.789 3.711 3.32 0 6.64-1.367 8.984-3.71l106.055-106.056c2.343-2.343 3.515-5.468 3.515-8.789ZM600.5 284c0 82.813-67.188 150-150 150-82.813 0-150-67.188-150-150 0-82.813 67.188-150 150-150 82.813 0 150 67.188 150 150Z"/>
&lt;/svg>

 &lt;/span>Tip&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Spanner using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/spanner_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/spanner_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;html>
 &lt;head>
 &lt;title>Redirecting to Spanner using MCP&lt;/title>
 &lt;link rel="canonical" href="https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox"/>
 &lt;/head>
 &lt;body>
 &lt;p>Connecting to Spanner using MCP... If you are not automatically redirected, please 
 &lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/pre-built-tools-with-mcp-toolbox">click here to proceed&lt;/a>.
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;/body>
&lt;/html></description></item><item><title>SQL Server using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction">Model Context Protocol (MCP)&lt;/a> is
an open protocol for connecting Large Language Models (LLMs) to data sources
like SQL Server. This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for
Databases&lt;/a> to expose your developer assistant tools to a SQL Server
instance:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/mssql_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="set-up-the-database">Set up the database&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads">Create or select a SQL Server
instance.&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ol>
&lt;h2 id="install-mcp-toolbox">Install MCP Toolbox&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Download the latest version of Toolbox as a binary. Select the &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox/releases">correct
binary&lt;/a> corresponding
to your OS and CPU architecture. You are required to use Toolbox version
V0.10.0+:&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>SQLite using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction">Model Context Protocol (MCP)&lt;/a> is
an open protocol for connecting Large Language Models (LLMs) to data sources
like SQLite. This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a>
to expose your developer assistant tools to a SQLite instance:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/sqlite_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="set-up-the-database">Set up the database&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://www.sqlite.org/download.html">Create or select a SQLite database file.&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ol>
&lt;h2 id="install-mcp-toolbox">Install MCP Toolbox&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>Download the latest version of Toolbox as a binary. Select the &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox/releases">correct
binary&lt;/a> corresponding
to your OS and CPU architecture. You are required to use Toolbox version
V0.10.0+:&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL Admin using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a> to expose your
developer assistant tools to create and manage Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
instance, database and users:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_pg_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="before-you-begin">Before you begin&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>In the Google Cloud console, on the &lt;a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector2/home/dashboard">project selector
page&lt;/a>,
select or create a Google Cloud project.&lt;/p>
&lt;/li>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project">Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud
project&lt;/a>.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Cloud SQL for MySQL Admin using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a> to expose your
developer assistant tools to create and manage Cloud SQL for MySQL instance,
database and users:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mysql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="before-you-begin">Before you begin&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>In the Google Cloud console, on the &lt;a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector2/home/dashboard">project selector
page&lt;/a>,
select or create a Google Cloud project.&lt;/p>
&lt;/li>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project">Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud
project&lt;/a>.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Cloud SQL for SQL Server Admin using MCP</title><link>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/</guid><description>&lt;p>This guide covers how to use &lt;a href="https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox">MCP Toolbox for Databases&lt;/a> to expose your
developer assistant tools to create and manage Cloud SQL for SQL Server
instance, database and users:&lt;/p>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cursor&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Windsurf&lt;/a> (Codium)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Visual Studio Code&lt;/a> (Copilot)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Cline&lt;/a> (VS Code extension)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude desktop&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Claude code&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini CLI&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="/documentation/connect-to/ides/cloud_sql_mssql_admin_mcp/#configure-your-mcp-client">Gemini Code Assist&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="before-you-begin">Before you begin&lt;/h2>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>In the Google Cloud console, on the &lt;a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector2/home/dashboard">project selector
page&lt;/a>,
select or create a Google Cloud project.&lt;/p>
&lt;/li>
&lt;li>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project">Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud
project&lt;/a>.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>