Turso MCP server

The MCP-Turso server provides access to Turso-hosted LibSQL databases through Model Context Protocol. This lightweight server allows you to list database tables, retrieve schema information, and execute SELECT queries directly from AI assistants that support MCP.

Installation and Configuration

Prerequisites

You need an existing Turso database to use this server. If you don't have one yet, create a database through Turso.

Setting Up with Claude Desktop

Add the MCP-Turso server to your Claude Desktop configuration:

1. Locate your claude_desktop_config.json file
2. Add the server configuration:

{
   "mcpServers": {
      "turso": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["-y", "mcp-turso"],
         "env": {
            "TURSO_DATABASE_URL": "your_url",
            "TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN": "your_token"
         }
      }
   }
}

Setting Up with Cursor

To use MCP-Turso with Cursor:

1. Open Cursor and go to Settings (⚙️) > Settings (JSON)
2. Add this configuration to your settings:

"mcpServers": {
  "turso": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "mcp-turso"],
    "env": {
      "TURSO_DATABASE_URL": "your_url",
      "TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN": "your_token"
    }
  }
}

Getting Your Turso Credentials

You'll need to replace the placeholder values with your actual Turso credentials:

1. Get your database URL:

turso db show --url <database-name>

2. Create an authentication token:

turso db tokens create <database-name>

Configuring Logging

By default, logs are written to a predefined location. You can specify a custom log path using the --logs flag:

{
   "mcpServers": {
      "turso": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["-y", "mcp-turso", "--logs", "/Users/<username>/path/to/dir/mcp-logs.log"],
         "env": {
            "TURSO_DATABASE_URL": "your_url",
            "TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN": "your_token"
         }
      }
   }
}

Using the Server

The MCP-Turso server provides several database operations:

List All Tables

Retrieves all tables in your database:

• Tool: list_tables
• Input: None required
• Returns: Array of table names

Get Complete Database Schema

Retrieves schema for all tables:

• Tool: get_db_schema
• Input: None required
• Returns: Array of SQL creation statements

Describe a Specific Table

View schema for a particular table:

• Tool: describe_table
• Input:
  • table_name (string): Name of table to describe
• Returns: Array of column definitions with names and types

Execute SELECT Queries

Run SELECT statements to retrieve data:

• Tool: query_database
• Input:
  • sql (string): The SELECT SQL query to execute
• Returns: Query results as an object containing columns, rows, and row count

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.