# IBM Db2 for i MCP Server

Read-only SQL queries and schema inspection for IBM Db2 for i over ODBC, JT400 or Mapepire (SSH).

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/Strom-Capital/mcp-server-db2i)

**GitHub popularity:** 22 stars on [strom-capital/mcp-server-db2i](strom-capital/mcp-server-db2i), recorded 2026-09-27.

## Status

Pod has not dialled IBM Db2 for i yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `mcp-server-db2i` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ibm-db2-for-i": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-db2i"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Reviewed GitHub reports

**61 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review.** This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 2.

### Most discussed

### Project Bob Security Review of mcp-server-db2i

# Security Review Report: mcp-server-db2i

## Executive Summary
This MCP server for IBM DB2i has **good security practices** overall, with comprehensive SQL injection protection and rate limiting. However, there are several **critical security concerns** that need immediate attention.

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## 🔴 Critical Issues

### 1. **Credential Exposure in Docker Compose**
**File:** [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml:8)
- **Issue:** Database credentials are passed as environment variables, which can…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Strom-Capital/mcp-server-db2i/issues/8) · 2026-01-17 · closed · external user · 9 comments

### Most recent

### Let the server say which system it is: title and instructions for the assistant

## Problem Statement

An AI assistant decides which tools to use from what the server tells it: the server's name, its description, and the tool descriptions. This server always introduces itself as `mcp-server-db2i`, and it sends no `instructions`. The model knows it can query "Db2 for i", but not that this is the company's ERP.

So a question like "which customers have overdue invoices?" may never reach the server unless the user mentions it by name. The user thinks of "the ERP", "the order…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Strom-Capital/mcp-server-db2i/issues/191) · 2026-09-26 · open · outside contributor · 0 comments

[See all 23 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/ibm-db2-for-i/issues) — of 61 qualified upstream.

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```json
{
  "query": "IBM Db2 for i",
  "limit": 5
}
```

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