mcp-server-motherduck 0.4.2__py3-none-any.whl → 0.5__py3-none-any.whl

mcp_server_motherduck/__init__.py

@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ def main():
         choices=["markdown", "duckbox", "text"],
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--read-only",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Flag for connecting to DuckDB in read-only mode. Only supported for local DuckDB databases. Also makes use of short lived connections so multiple MCP clients or other systems can remain active (though each operation must be done sequentially).",
+    )
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
     logger.info("🦆 MotherDuck MCP Server v" + server.SERVER_VERSION)
     logger.info("Ready to execute SQL queries via DuckDB/MotherDuck")
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ def main():
             result_format=args.result_format,
             home_dir=args.home_dir,
             saas_mode=args.saas_mode,
+            read_only=args.read_only,
         )
     )
 

mcp_server_motherduck/server.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import logging
 import duckdb
 from pydantic import AnyUrl
-from typing import Literal
+from typing import Literal, Optional
 import io
 from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 import mcp.server.stdio
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from mcp.server.models import InitializationOptions
 from .prompt import PROMPT_TEMPLATE
 
 
-SERVER_VERSION = "0.4.2"
+SERVER_VERSION = "0.5"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("mcp_server_motherduck")
 
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ class DatabaseClient:
         result_format: Literal["markdown", "duckbox", "text"] = "markdown",
         home_dir: str | None = None,
         saas_mode: bool = False,
+        read_only: bool = False,
     ):
+        self._read_only = read_only
         self.db_path, self.db_type = self._resolve_db_path_type(
             db_path, motherduck_token, saas_mode
         )
@@ -38,11 +40,32 @@ class DatabaseClient:
         self.conn = self._initialize_connection()
         self.result_format = result_format
 
-    def _initialize_connection(self) -> duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection:
+    def _initialize_connection(self) -> Optional[duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection]:
         """Initialize connection to the MotherDuck or DuckDB database"""
 
         logger.info(f"🔌 Connecting to {self.db_type} database")
 
+        if self.db_type == "duckdb" and self._read_only:
+            # check that we can connect, issue a `select 1` and then close + return None
+            try:
+                conn = duckdb.connect(
+                    self.db_path,
+                    config={
+                        "custom_user_agent": f"mcp-server-motherduck/{SERVER_VERSION}"
+                    },
+                    read_only=self._read_only,
+                )
+                conn.execute("SELECT 1")
+                conn.close()
+                return None
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"❌ Read-only check failed: {e}")
+                raise
+
+        if self._read_only:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Read-only mode is only supported for local DuckDB databases. See `saas_mode` for similar functionality with MotherDuck."
+            )
         conn = duckdb.connect(
             self.db_path,
             config={"custom_user_agent": f"mcp-server-motherduck/{SERVER_VERSION}"},
@@ -62,9 +85,15 @@ class DatabaseClient:
                 logger.info("Using MotherDuck token to connect to database `md:`")
                 if saas_mode:
                     logger.info("Connecting to MotherDuck in SaaS mode")
-                    return f"{db_path}?motherduck_token={motherduck_token}&saas_mode=true", "motherduck"
+                    return (
+                        f"{db_path}?motherduck_token={motherduck_token}&saas_mode=true",
+                        "motherduck",
+                    )
                 else:
-                    return f"{db_path}?motherduck_token={motherduck_token}", "motherduck"
+                    return (
+                        f"{db_path}?motherduck_token={motherduck_token}",
+                        "motherduck",
+                    )
             elif os.getenv("motherduck_token"):
                 logger.info(
                     "Using MotherDuck token from env to connect to database `md:`"
@@ -88,25 +117,37 @@ class DatabaseClient:
             )
         return db_path, "duckdb"
 
+    def _execute(self, query: str) -> str:
+        if self.conn is None:
+            # open short lived readonly connection, run query, close connection, return result
+            conn = duckdb.connect(
+                self.db_path,
+                config={"custom_user_agent": f"mcp-server-motherduck/{SERVER_VERSION}"},
+                read_only=self._read_only,
+            )
+            q = conn.execute(query)
+        else:
+            q = self.conn.execute(query)
+
+        if self.result_format == "markdown":
+            out = q.fetchdf().to_markdown()
+        elif self.result_format == "duckbox":
+            # Duckbox version of the output
+            buffer = io.StringIO()
+            with redirect_stdout(buffer):
+                q.show(max_rows=100, max_col_width=20)
+            out = buffer.getvalue()
+        else:
+            out = str(q.fetchall())
+
+        if self.conn is None:
+            conn.close()
+
+        return out
+
     def query(self, query: str) -> str:
         try:
-            if self.result_format == "markdown":
-                # Markdown version of the output
-                logger.info(
-                    f"🔍 Executing query: {query[:60]}{'...' if len(query) > 60 else ''}"
-                )
-                result = self.conn.execute(query).fetchdf().to_markdown()
-                logger.info("✅ Query executed successfully")
-                return result
-            elif self.result_format == "duckbox":
-                # Duckbox version of the output
-                buffer = io.StringIO()
-                with redirect_stdout(buffer):
-                    self.conn.sql(query).show(max_rows=100, max_col_width=20)
-                return buffer.getvalue()
-            else:
-                # Text version of the output
-                return str(self.conn.execute(query).fetchall())
+            return self._execute(query)
 
         except Exception as e:
             raise ValueError(f"❌ Error executing query: {e}")
@@ -118,6 +159,7 @@ async def main(
     result_format: Literal["markdown", "duckbox", "text"] = "markdown",
     home_dir: str | None = None,
     saas_mode: bool = False,
+    read_only: bool = False,
 ):
     logger.info("Starting MotherDuck MCP Server")
     server = Server("mcp-server-motherduck")
@@ -127,6 +169,7 @@ async def main(
         motherduck_token=motherduck_token,
         home_dir=home_dir,
         saas_mode=saas_mode,
+        read_only=read_only,
     )
 
     logger.info("Registering handlers")

{mcp_server_motherduck-0.4.2.dist-info → mcp_server_motherduck-0.5.dist-info}/METADATA

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: mcp-server-motherduck
-Version: 0.4.2
+Version: 0.5
 Summary: A MCP server for MotherDuck and local DuckDB
 Author-email: tdoehmen <till@motherduck.com>
 License-File: LICENSE
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
 
 An MCP server implementation that interacts with DuckDB and MotherDuck databases, providing SQL analytics capabilities to AI Assistants and IDEs.
 
+## Resources
+- [Close the Loop: Faster Data Pipelines with MCP, DuckDB & AI (Blogpost)](https://motherduck.com/blog/faster-data-pipelines-with-mcp-duckdb-ai/)
+- [Faster Data Pipelines development with MCP and DuckDB (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG1mv8ZRxcU)
+
 ## Features
 
 - **Hybrid execution**: query data from local DuckDB or/and cloud-based MotherDuck databases
@@ -44,13 +48,14 @@ All interactions with both DuckDB and MotherDuck are done through writing SQL qu
 ## Getting Started
 
 ### General Prerequisites
+
 - `uv` installed, you can install it using `pip install uv` or `brew install uv`
 
-If you plan to use the MCP with Claude Desktop or any other MCP comptabile client, the client need to be installed. 
+If you plan to use the MCP with Claude Desktop or any other MCP comptabile client, the client need to be installed.
 
 ### Prerequisites for DuckDB
 
-- No prerequisites. The MCP server can create an in-memory database on-the-fly 
+- No prerequisites. The MCP server can create an in-memory database on-the-fly
 - Or connect to an existing local DuckDB database file , or one stored on remote object storage (e.g., AWS S3).
 
 See [Connect to local DuckDB](#connect-to-local-duckdb).
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ See [Connect to local DuckDB](#connect-to-local-duckdb).
 
 2. Open Cursor:
 
-- To set it up globally for the first time, go to Settings->MCP and click on "+ Add new global MCP server". 
+- To set it up globally for the first time, go to Settings->MCP and click on "+ Add new global MCP server".
 - This will open a `mcp.json` file to which you add the following configuration:
 
 ```json
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ See [Connect to local DuckDB](#connect-to-local-duckdb).
 ### Usage with VS Code
 
 [![Install with UV in VS Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/VS_Code-UV-0098FF?style=flat-square&logo=visualstudiocode&logoColor=white)](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=mcp-server-motherduck&config=%7B%22command%22%3A%22uvx%22%2C%22args%22%3A%5B%22mcp-server-motherduck%22%2C%22--db-path%22%2C%22md%3A%22%2C%22--motherduck-token%22%2C%22%24%7Binput%3Amotherduck_token%7D%22%5D%7D&inputs=%5B%7B%22type%22%3A%22promptString%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22motherduck_token%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22MotherDuck+Token%22%2C%22password%22%3Atrue%7D%5D) [![Install with UV in VS Code Insiders](https://img.shields.io/badge/VS_Code_Insiders-UV-24bfa5?style=flat-square&logo=visualstudiocode&logoColor=white)](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=mcp-server-motherduck&config=%7B%22command%22%3A%22uvx%22%2C%22args%22%3A%5B%22mcp-server-motherduck%22%2C%22--db-path%22%2C%22md%3A%22%2C%22--motherduck-token%22%2C%22%24%7Binput%3Amotherduck_token%7D%22%5D%7D&inputs=%5B%7B%22type%22%3A%22promptString%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22motherduck_token%22%2C%22description%22%3A%22MotherDuck+Token%22%2C%22password%22%3Atrue%7D%5D&quality=insiders)
+
 1. For the quickest installation, click one of the "Install with UV" buttons at the top of this README.
 
 ### Manual Installation
@@ -186,12 +192,13 @@ Optionally, you can add it to a file called `.vscode/mcp.json` in your workspace
 
 If the MCP server is exposed to third parties and should only have read access to data, we recommend using a read scaling token and running the MCP server in SaaS mode.
 
-**Read Scaling Tokens** are special access tokens that enable scalable read operations by allowing up to 4 concurrent read replicas, improving performance for multiple end users while *restricting write capabilities*. 
+**Read Scaling Tokens** are special access tokens that enable scalable read operations by allowing up to 4 concurrent read replicas, improving performance for multiple end users while *restricting write capabilities*.
 Refer to the [Read Scaling documentation](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/authenticating-and-connecting-to-motherduck/read-scaling/#creating-a-read-scaling-token) to learn how to create a read-scaling token.
 
 **SaaS Mode** in MotherDuck enhances security by restricting it's access to local files, databases, extensions, and configurations, making it ideal for third-party tools that require stricter environment protection. Learn more about it in the [SaaS Mode documentation](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/authenticating-and-connecting-to-motherduck/authenticating-to-motherduck/#authentication-using-saas-mode).
 
 **Secure Configuration**
+
 ```json
 {
   "mcpServers": {
@@ -215,6 +222,7 @@ Refer to the [Read Scaling documentation](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/
 To connect to a local DuckDB, instead of using the MotherDuck token, specify the path to your local DuckDB database file or use `:memory:` for an in-memory database.
 
 In-memory database:
+
 ```json
 {
   "mcpServers": {
@@ -231,6 +239,7 @@ In-memory database:
 ```
 
 Local DuckDB file:
+
 ```json
 {
   "mcpServers": {
@@ -246,6 +255,32 @@ Local DuckDB file:
 }
 ```
 
+Local DuckDB file in [readonly mode](https://duckdb.org/docs/stable/connect/concurrency.html):
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "mcp-server-motherduck": {
+      "command": "uvx",
+      "args": [
+        "mcp-server-motherduck",
+        "--db-path",
+        "/path/to/your/local.db",
+        "--read-only"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Note**: readonly mode for local file-backed DuckDB connections also makes use of
+short lived connections. Each time the query MCP tool is used a temporary,
+reaodnly connection is created + query is executed + connection is closed. This
+feature was motivated by a workflow where [DBT](https://www.getdbt.com) was for
+modeling data within duckdb and then an MCP client (Windsurf/Cline/Claude/Cursor)
+was used for exploring the database. The short lived connections allow each tool
+to run and then release their connection, allowing the next tool to connect.
+
 ## Example Queries
 
 Once configured, you can e.g. ask Claude to run queries like:
@@ -307,10 +342,10 @@ To run the server from a local development environment, use the following config
     "mcp-server-motherduck": {
       "command": "uv",
       "args": [
-        "--directory", 
-        "/path/to/your/local/mcp-server-motherduck", 
-        "run", 
-        "mcp-server-motherduck", 
+        "--directory",
+        "/path/to/your/local/mcp-server-motherduck",
+        "run",
+        "mcp-server-motherduck",
         "--db-path",
         "md:",
         "--motherduck-token",

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