[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":281},["ShallowReactive",2],{"docs-\u002Fdocs\u002Fmcp\u002Fclients":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":272,"extension":273,"meta":274,"navigation":275,"path":276,"redirect":277,"seo":278,"stem":279,"__hash__":280},"docs\u002Fdocs\u002Fmcp\u002Fclients.md","MCP clients",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":257},"minimark",[9,13,23,31,36,137,140,143,146,149,152,173,176,179,182,193,196,199,202,205,208,211,214,217,221,232,236],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"mcp-clients",[14,15,16,17,22],"p",{},"DBConvert Streams' MCP server works with any MCP-compliant AI client. This page helps you pick one — for the actual connect steps, see ",[18,19,21],"a",{"href":20},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fmcp\u002Fsetup","Setup",".",[14,24,25,26,30],{},"Every client below sees the same workspace through the same read-only tools: saved connections, schemas, tables, files, and stream state. What differs is the client's interface (IDE, chat, terminal) and which model provider processes what the AI reads — see ",[18,27,29],{"href":28},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fmcp\u002Fsafety-and-privacy","Safety & privacy"," for the full data-handling picture.",[32,33,35],"h2",{"id":34},"quick-pick","Quick pick",[37,38,39,52],"table",{},[40,41,42],"thead",{},[43,44,45,49],"tr",{},[46,47,48],"th",{},"If you...",[46,50,51],{},"Use",[53,54,55,67,77,87,97,107,117,127],"tbody",{},[43,56,57,61],{},[58,59,60],"td",{},"Already work in VS Code",[58,62,63],{},[64,65,66],"strong",{},"VS Code Copilot",[43,68,69,72],{},[58,70,71],{},"Want an AI-first IDE",[58,73,74],{},[64,75,76],{},"Cursor",[43,78,79,82],{},[58,80,81],{},"Want a chat interface, not an editor",[58,83,84],{},[64,85,86],{},"Claude Desktop",[43,88,89,92],{},[58,90,91],{},"Want a terminal agent and local\u002Fself-hosted models",[58,93,94],{},[64,95,96],{},"OpenCode",[43,98,99,102],{},[58,100,101],{},"Work mostly in the terminal already",[58,103,104],{},[64,105,106],{},"Claude Code",[43,108,109,112],{},[58,110,111],{},"Already use OpenAI tooling",[58,113,114],{},[64,115,116],{},"Codex",[43,118,119,122],{},[58,120,121],{},"Already use the Windsurf IDE",[58,123,124],{},[64,125,126],{},"Windsurf",[43,128,129,132],{},[58,130,131],{},"Already use Google's AI tooling",[58,133,134],{},[64,135,136],{},"Antigravity",[32,138,66],{"id":139},"vs-code-copilot",[14,141,142],{},"Mainstream choice if your team already works in VS Code with GitHub Copilot's agent mode. MCP gives Copilot direct access to your connections and schemas instead of pasted snippets — useful for backend work where database context comes up alongside the code.",[32,144,76],{"id":145},"cursor",[14,147,148],{},"An AI-first IDE. Useful when database inspection is part of a coding task — checking schema assumptions, reviewing a migration, generating integration code — and you want that without leaving the editor.",[32,150,86],{"id":151},"claude-desktop",[14,153,154,155,159,160,159,163,166,167,22],{},"Not an IDE — a chat interface. Good for DBA-style exploration where you're asking questions rather than editing code: ",[156,157,158],"code",{},"List my DBConvert connections",", ",[156,161,162],{},"Describe the orders table",[156,164,165],{},"Which tables don't have a primary key?",". On Linux, only available via the community build ",[18,168,172],{"href":169,"rel":170},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Faaddrick\u002Fclaude-desktop-debian",[171],"nofollow","aaddrick\u002Fclaude-desktop-debian",[14,174,175],{},"Database context the AI reads through MCP is processed by Claude (Anthropic).",[32,177,96],{"id":178},"opencode",[14,180,181],{},"An open-source terminal coding agent. The reason to pick it over the others: it can point at a local or self-hosted model (Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint) instead of a cloud provider — relevant if database metadata leaving your machine is a concern.",[14,183,184,185,188,189,192],{},"OpenCode itself doesn't make data private — that depends on which provider you configure it with. ",[156,186,187],{},"OpenCode + a cloud model"," sends context to that provider same as any other client; ",[156,190,191],{},"OpenCode + Ollama\u002FvLLM on your own infrastructure"," can keep it local.",[32,194,106],{"id":195},"claude-code",[14,197,198],{},"A terminal-first coding agent — useful when you already work from the command line and want an agent that can reason about a repository and make code changes, with database context available via MCP for the same reasoning. As with Claude Desktop, MCP context is processed by Claude.",[32,200,116],{"id":201},"codex",[14,203,204],{},"OpenAI's coding agent. A fit if your team already uses OpenAI tooling. MCP context the AI reads is sent to OpenAI as part of the chat.",[32,206,126],{"id":207},"windsurf",[14,209,210],{},"Similar role to Cursor — an AI-first IDE, useful if your team has already standardized on it.",[32,212,136],{"id":213},"antigravity",[14,215,216],{},"Google's agent-oriented development tool. Works through the same MCP tools as the other clients; reasonable if you're already in the Google AI ecosystem.",[32,218,220],{"id":219},"keeping-data-local","Keeping data local",[14,222,223,224,227,228,231],{},"If database metadata leaving your machine is a hard requirement, the only client above that supports it is ",[64,225,226],{},"OpenCode pointed at a local or self-hosted model",". Every other client sends whatever the AI reads through MCP to its cloud provider as part of the chat. 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