How to Install PostgreSQL MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Natural language SQL queries on your PostgreSQL databases

What PostgreSQL MCP does

Let your AI agents query and manage PostgreSQL databases using natural language. Safe, sandboxed execution with read-only mode support. Features: - Natural language to SQL translation - Read-only mode for safe production use - Schema introspection - Query result formatting - Connection pooling with PgBouncer support - Query history and explain plans

postgresql

sql

database

analytics

Installation steps

1Install: pip install openai-agents
2Copy the snippet below into your agent code
3Replace placeholder env values with your real keys
4Pass mcp_servers=[mcp_server] to your Agent()

Python snippet

Python snippetpython

from agents import Agent
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStdio

mcp_server = MCPServerStdio(
    command="npx",
    args=["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres"],
)

agent = Agent(
    name="My Agent",
    model="gpt-4o",
    mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
)

Full server details Open Config Editor

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