# PostgreSQL (Toolbox)

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**Type:** Official

**Source Type:** Repository

**Source:** [GitHub](https://github.com/googleapis/genai-toolbox)

**Description:** MCP Toolbox for PostgreSQL (powered by Google's GenAI Toolbox) provides AI assistants with access to PostgreSQL databases. It enables querying schemas and tables and running SQL.

**Configuration Parameters:**

* **Postgres Host** \* - Database host (e.g. `db.example.com`).
* **Postgres Port** (optional) - Database port. Default: `5432`.
* **Postgres User** \* - Database username.
* **Postgres Password** \* (sensitive) - Database password.
* **Postgres Database** \* - Database name.

**Setup Steps:**

1. Identify a database user with only the privileges end users should have. Read-only access is strongly recommended.
2. Note the host, port, username, password, and database name.
3. When creating the connection in Natoma, paste the values and save.


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