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PostgreSQL MCP Server Wiki - Complete Documentation

This folder contains 12 comprehensive wiki pages for the PostgreSQL MCP Server.


📋 What's Included

Getting Started (4 pages)

  1. Home.md - Main landing page with overview and navigation (✅ already on GitHub)
  2. Quick-Start.md - 30-second installation and setup guide
  3. Extension-Setup.md - PostgreSQL extension installation (pg_stat_statements, pgvector, PostGIS, etc.)
  4. MCP-Configuration.md - Configure with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients

Tool Categories (6 pages)

  1. Core-Database-Tools.md - 9 essential database operations
  2. Performance-Intelligence.md - 6 query optimization and index tuning tools
  3. JSON-Operations.md - 15 JSONB tools (insert, update, query, validation, security)
  4. Text-Processing.md - 6 text similarity and full-text search tools
  5. Monitoring-Alerting.md - ⭐ NEW Phase 5 - 5 real-time monitoring and alerting tools
  6. Backup-Recovery.md - ⭐ NEW Phase 5 - 4 backup planning and recovery tools

Reference (2 pages)

  1. Security-and-Best-Practices.md - Enterprise security, SQL injection prevention, access control
  2. Troubleshooting.md - Common issues and solutions

🚀 Quick Upload (30 seconds)

Option 1: Automated Script (Easiest)

cd C:\Users\chris\Desktop\postgres-mcp-server-wiki
.\upload-wiki.ps1

Option 2: Manual Commands

# Clone wiki repo
cd C:\Users\chris\Desktop
git clone https://github.com/neverinfamous/postgres-mcp.wiki.git
cd postgres-mcp.wiki

# Copy files
Copy-Item C:\Users\chris\Desktop\postgres-mcp-server-wiki\*.md . -Force

# Push to GitHub
git add *.md
git commit -m "Add comprehensive PostgreSQL MCP Server wiki documentation (12 pages)"
git push origin master

📊 Documentation Stats

Metric Value
Total Pages 12
Total Words ~15,000
Code Examples 100+
Tools Documented 63
Phase 5 Tools ✅ 9 (NEW)
Categories 9

🎯 Key Improvements Over SQLite Wiki

1. Better Structure

  • ✅ 12 focused pages vs 15 fragmented pages
  • ✅ Clear hierarchy: Getting Started → Tools → Reference
  • ✅ No content duplication

2. Phase 5 Documentation

  • Monitoring & Alerting - Real-time monitoring, capacity planning, replication monitoring
  • Backup & Recovery - Logical/physical backup planning, restore validation
  • ✅ Complete workflows and examples
  • ✅ Production-ready best practices

3. Enhanced Content

  • ✅ 100+ working code examples
  • ✅ Complete tool parameter documentation
  • ✅ Common workflows and use cases
  • ✅ Troubleshooting guides
  • ✅ Security best practices

4. Production Focus

  • ✅ Docker deployment examples
  • ✅ Security modes (restricted/unrestricted)
  • ✅ SSL/TLS configuration
  • ✅ Connection pooling
  • ✅ Performance tuning

📚 Wiki Structure Comparison

SQLite MCP Wiki (15 pages)

├── Home
├── Quick Start
├── Installation & Configuration
├── Core Database Tools
├── PRAGMA Operations
├── Full-Text Search
├── JSON Helper Tools
├── Advanced Text Processing
├── Statistical Analysis
├── Enhanced Virtual Tables
├── Vector Index Optimization
├── Semantic Vector Search
├── SpatiaLite Geospatial
├── Security & Data Integrity
├── Best Practices
├── Backup & Restore
├── Virtual Tables
├── MCP Resources & Prompts
└── Troubleshooting

PostgreSQL MCP Wiki (12 pages) - More Streamlined

Getting Started
├── Home (navigation hub)
├── Quick Start
├── Extension Setup
└── MCP Configuration

Tool Categories
├── Core Database Tools (9 tools)
├── Performance Intelligence (6 tools)
├── JSON Operations (15 tools)
├── Text Processing (6 tools)
├── Monitoring & Alerting (5 tools) ⭐ NEW
└── Backup & Recovery (4 tools) ⭐ NEW

Reference
├── Security & Best Practices
└── Troubleshooting

✨ What's New in Phase 5

Monitoring & Alerting (5 tools)

  1. monitor_real_time - Real-time performance monitoring
  2. alert_threshold_set - Metric threshold analysis
  3. capacity_planning - Growth projection and forecasting
  4. resource_usage_analyze - CPU/Memory/IO analysis
  5. replication_monitor - Replication health monitoring

Backup & Recovery (4 tools)

  1. backup_logical - Logical backup planning (pg_dump)
  2. backup_physical - Physical backup assessment
  3. restore_validate - Restore procedure validation
  4. backup_schedule_optimize - Schedule optimization

🔗 Links


📝 Content Highlights

Security Documentation

  • ✅ SQL injection prevention with examples
  • ✅ Parameter binding best practices
  • ✅ Dual security modes explained
  • ✅ SSL/TLS configuration
  • ✅ Production security checklist

Performance Documentation

  • ✅ Query optimization workflows
  • ✅ Index recommendations with DTA algorithm
  • ✅ Hypothetical index testing
  • ✅ Workload analysis
  • ✅ Real-time monitoring

Operations Documentation

  • ✅ Backup strategies (logical + physical)
  • ✅ Restore validation and RTO calculation
  • ✅ Capacity planning and growth forecasting
  • ✅ Replication monitoring
  • ✅ Alert threshold configuration

🎉 Ready to Upload!

  1. Run .\upload-wiki.ps1 (automated)
  2. Or follow manual steps in UPLOAD_INSTRUCTIONS.md
  3. Visit https://github.com/neverinfamous/postgres-mcp/wiki
  4. Celebrate! 🎊

📧 Questions?


Created: October 3, 2025 - Phase 5 Complete

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