# mcp-sqlite-tools MCP Server

MCP server for local SQLite database operations

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `mcp-sqlite-tools` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**10 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 7.

### Most discussed

### docs: add one-command MCPick installation

## Problem

The README documents npm/source installation and manual MCP client JSON, but users of [`mcpick`](https://github.com/spences10/mcpick) could add the server to a supported client in one command.

## Suggested documentation

Add an **Install with MCPick** option near Installation / MCP Client Configuration:

```bash
npx mcpick add \
  --name sqlite-tools \
  --command npx \
  --args "-y,mcp-sqlite-tools"
```

That targets Claude Code's local scope by default. Include one example showing

[Read the thread](https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/90) · 2026-08-16 · closed · 1 comment

### Epic: SQLite MCP safety hardening

## Goal
Turn `mcp-sqlite-tools` from a useful trusted-local wrapper into a database MCP server whose safety claims are backed by code and tests.

## Scope
- [x] https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/50
- [x] https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/51
- [x] https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/52
- [x] https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/53
- [x] #35

## Non-goals
- Broad rewrite of the MCP transport/server shape.
- New end-user feature

[Read the thread](https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/54) · 2026-05-04 · closed · 1 comment

### Make SQLITE_MAX_QUERY_TIME real or stop claiming it

## Problem
`SQLITE_MAX_QUERY_TIME` is documented and parsed, but not actually enforced as a max query runtime. This is misleading and leaves the MCP server vulnerable to long-running queries.

## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Decide whether the setting means lock busy timeout or wall-clock query timeout.
- [ ] Rename/docs-align if it is only SQLite busy timeout.
- [ ] If keeping wall-clock semantics, enforce via an interruptable execution strategy.
- [ ] Add tests or documented limitations.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/53) · 2026-05-04 · closed · 1 comment

### Add regression test suite for SQLite safety boundaries

## Problem
The package has no first-party test suite despite exposing destructive database operations to agents.

## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Add a lightweight test command usable in CI/local dev.
- [ ] Cover read/write/schema separation.
- [ ] Cover SQL identifier/schema-filter safety.
- [ ] Cover basic database lifecycle operations.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/52) · 2026-05-04 · closed · 1 comment

### Eliminate SQL identifier and schema-filter injection risks

## Problem
Multiple code paths interpolate table/column names and schema filters directly into SQL. Valibot length checks do not make SQL identifiers safe.

## Known risky paths
- `describe_table`: `PRAGMA table_info(${table_name})`
- `create_table`: `CREATE TABLE ${name}` plus raw column names/defaults
- `drop_table`: `DROP TABLE ${table}`
- `bulk_insert`: raw table/column names
- `export_schema`: string-built `IN ('...')` table filter

## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] Shared identifier quoting/val

[Read the thread](https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/51) · 2026-05-04 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Stale data returned from cached connection after database file deleted

When a database file is deleted externally while a connection is open, subsequent queries return stale/cached data from the old database instead of failing or reflecting the new state.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open database with open_database
2. Query data - works fine
3. Externally delete the database file (rm database.db*)
4. Recreate database (different schema/data)
5. Query again - returns OLD data from step 2

Expected: Query fails or returns fresh data from new file

Actual: Returns cached

[Read the thread](https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/30) · 2025-12-22 · closed · 0 comments

### execute_schema_query cannot handle multi-statement SQL or schema files

# Issue: execute_schema_query cannot handle multi-statement SQL or schema files

## Summary

The `execute_schema_query` tool cannot execute multiple SQL statements in a single call, even when all statements are valid DDL. This makes it cumbersome to apply complete database schemas that are typically stored in `.sql` files.

## What I Tried

Execute a complete schema file with multiple CREATE TABLE and CREATE INDEX statements:

```sql
-- Developer Hub CRM Schema
-- SQLite schema for contacts, int

[Read the thread](https://github.com/spences10/mcp-sqlite-tools/issues/16) · 2025-10-03 · closed · 0 comments

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