pg-aiguide

Comprehensive PostgreSQL documentation and best practices, including ecosystem tools

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Comprehensive PostgreSQL documentation and best practices, including ecosystem tools

    How to connect

    How to connect pg-aiguide to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://mcp.tigerdata.com/docs

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect pg-aiguide to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://mcp.tigerdata.com/docs

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect pg-aiguide to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://mcp.tigerdata.com/docs

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (2)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    search_docsSearch documentation with hybrid semantic (vector) and keyword (BM25) search. Use semanticWeight to choose keyword-only (0), semantic-only (1), or a blend; mid values fuse rankings with RRF. Supports Tiger Cloud (TimescaleDB), PostgreSQL, and PostGIS.
    view_skillRetrieve detailed skills for TimescaleDB operations and best practices. ## Available Skills <available_skills> [9 ]{name description}: design-postgis-tables Comprehensive PostGIS spatial table design reference covering geometry types, coordinate systems, spatial indexing, and performance patterns for location-based applications design-postgres-tables "Use this skill for general PostgreSQL table design.\n\n**Trigger when user asks to:**\n- Design PostgreSQL tables, schemas, or data models when creating new tables and when modifying existing ones.\n- Choose data types, constraints, or indexes for PostgreSQL\n- Create user tables, order tables, reference tables, or JSONB schemas\n- Understand PostgreSQL best practices for normalization, constraints, or indexing\n- Design update-heavy, upsert-heavy, or OLTP-style tables\n\n\n**Keywords:** PostgreSQL schema, table design, data types, PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY, indexes, B-tree, GIN, JSONB, constraints, normalization, identity columns, partitioning, row-level security\n\nComprehensive reference covering data types, indexing strategies, constraints, JSONB patterns, partitioning, and PostgreSQL-specific best practices.\n" find-hypertable-candidates "Use this skill to analyze an existing PostgreSQL database and identify which tables should be converted to Timescale/TimescaleDB hypertables.\n\n**Trigger when user asks to:**\n- Analyze database tables for hypertable conversion potential\n- Identify time-series or event tables in an existing schema\n- Evaluate if a table would benefit from Timescale/TimescaleDB\n- Audit PostgreSQL tables for migration to Timescale/TimescaleDB/TigerData\n- Score or rank tables for hypertable candidacy\n\n\n**Keywords:** hypertable candidate, table analysis, migration assessment, Timescale, TimescaleDB, time-series detection, insert-heavy tables, event logs, audit tables\n\nProvides SQL queries to analyze table statistics, index patterns, and query patterns. Includes scoring criteria (8+ po