CnosDB Management & Control Plane (MCP) Proxy

This package serves as an MCP server implementation tailored for interacting with CnosDB.

Core Capabilities

• execute_query

  Run arbitrary database queries (SQL dialect auto-detection enabled)

• catalog_list

  Retrieve a full inventory of active data stores

• structure_list

  Obtain the enumeration of tables within a specified data store

• inspect_definition

  Render the structural definition/schema for a designated data structure name

Implementation Guide

shell

Obtain the source code repository

git clone https://github.com/cnosdb/cnosdb-mcp-server.git cd cnosdb-mcp-server

Set up isolated execution environment

uv .venv source .venv/bin/activate # For Unix-like systems, use venv\Scripts\activate on Windows

Install required development and runtime dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Integration Setup

Consult this resource for guidance on alternative MCP client configurations: https://github.com/punkpeye/awesome-mcp-clients

To integrate this service with the Claude Desktop environment, modify the local configuration file found at:

• macOS Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

• Windows Path: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

In the configuration JSON object, append or update the entry as follows:

{ "name": "CnosDB Data Access", "key": "CnosDBMCPServerAdapter", "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "REPO_PATH/cnosdb-mcp-server", "run", "server.py" ], "env": { "CNOSDB_HOST": "127.0.0.1", "CNOSDB_PORT": "8902", "CNOSDB_USERNAME": "root", "CNOSDB_PASSWORD": "CnosDB#!" } }

Adjust the environment variables within the env block to align with your specific CnosDB instance parameters.

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