Tiger MCP

Name: Tiger MCP
Author: timescale

timescale

Tiger CLI is the command-line interface for Tiger Cloud. It includes an MCP server for helping coding agents write production-level Postgres code.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add tiger --env TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY='<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>' --env TIGER_SECRET_KEY='<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>' -- docker run -i --rm -e TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY -e TIGER_SECRET_KEY ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.tiger]
command = "docker"
args = ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY", "-e", "TIGER_SECRET_KEY", "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0"]
env = { TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY = "<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>", TIGER_SECRET_KEY = "<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add tiger --env TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY='<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>' --env TIGER_SECRET_KEY='<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>' -- docker run -i --rm -e TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY -e TIGER_SECRET_KEY ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tiger": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.26.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY
TIGER_SECRET_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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