BigQuery (MCP Toolbox)
Overview
Google's official MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open-source MCP server (15,013 stars) that connects an agent to BigQuery — plus Postgres, MySQL, MS SQL, Spanner, AlloyDB, and more — with prebuilt tools. Run queries, explore schemas, and generate database-aware code from any MCP-compatible client. Boris Cherny (creator of Claude Code) cites BigQuery MCP as one of three integrations he runs every day.
Facts
- Server ID
- io.github.googleapis/mcp-toolbox
- Author
- googleapis
- GitHub
- https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox
- Stars
- 15,013
- Homepage
- https://mcp-toolbox.dev/
Install
Pick the client you use. Each tab installs this server only.
claude mcp add io-github-googleapis-mcp-toolbox -- npx -y @toolbox-sdk/server --prebuilt=bigqueryAppears in stacks
The three MCPs Boris Cherny — creator of Claude Code — keeps connected every day in 2026: Slack for search and posts, BigQuery for analytics queries, and Sentry for error logs. The smallest setup that covers messaging, data, and production debugging without inflating context.
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