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LINQ to DB

LINQ to DB is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Inspect database schemas and execute SQL queries across multiple database providers with LINQ to DB. It has 3,332 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with dnx linq2db.cli --yes.

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Install LINQ to DB

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linq-to-db": {
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "linq2db.cli",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio linq-to-db -- dnx linq2db.cli --yes

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linq-to-db": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "linq2db.cli",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "linq-to-db": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "dnx",
      "args": [
        "linq2db.cli",
        "--yes"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About LINQ to DB

* NOTE: This is not a library you could reference from your project, but command line utility, installed using dotnet tool command (see installation notes). *

  • linq
  • database
  • orm
  • sql
  • access
  • db2
  • firebird
  • informix
  • mysql
  • postgresql

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What is LINQ to DB?

LINQ to DB is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Inspect database schemas and execute SQL queries across multiple database providers with LINQ to DB. It has 3,332 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with dnx linq2db.cli --yes. The source code is at github.com/linq2db/linq2db.

How do I install the LINQ to DB MCP server?

Add the command dnx linq2db.cli --yes to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is LINQ to DB free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is LINQ to DB actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 4, 2026. The latest release is v6.5.0, published Sep 11, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.