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Treat Your MCP Endpoint Like a Password
Your MCP endpoint URL is a secret. Anyone with it can run the same reads your AI client can. How leaks happen (git, Slack, screenshots), how to rotate, and how to share access without pasting the token everywhere.
July 20, 2026
What Your AI Query Audit Log Is For
Read-only and staging aren't enough. How to use MCP/query audit logs after you connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor — catch wrong answers, leaks, and reckless SELECT * in week one.
July 20, 2026
When Not to Connect AI to Your Database
Live AI database access isn't always the right move. When paste/CSV, a warehouse, or 'don't connect' beats MCP — and a simple decision checklist before you paste an endpoint URL.
July 20, 2026
How to Connect Cursor to Neon with MCP
Connect Cursor to your Neon serverless Postgres database with MCP. Use a branch for AI queries, paste one endpoint URL, get schema-aware answers in chat and Composer.
July 19, 2026
Why Read-Only AI Database Access Matters
MCP doesn't make database access safe. Read-only at the gateway and SELECT-only credentials do. Why AI write access is uniquely risky — and how to verify your connector can't mutate data.
July 19, 2026
How to Connect Cursor to Supabase with MCP
Step-by-step guide to connecting Cursor to your Supabase database using a managed MCP server. Schema-aware answers in chat and Composer, real query results, no local install.
July 15, 2026
Staging First: How to Give AI Database Access Without Touching Production
Don't point ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor at production on day one. A practical staging-first checklist: read-only users, replicas, table limits, audit logs — and when you're ready to go further.
July 14, 2026
Why AI Hallucinates Your Database Schema (And How Live Queries Fix It)
AI invents table names, wrong columns, and confident SQL that wouldn't run. Here's why schema hallucination happens with paste-and-prompt workflows — and how a live database connection stops most of it.
July 11, 2026
How to Connect Cursor to SQL Server with MCP
Step-by-step guide to connecting Cursor to Microsoft SQL Server using a managed MCP server. Schema-aware answers in chat and Composer — Azure SQL, RDS, on-prem, no local install.
July 10, 2026
How to Connect Cursor to MySQL with MCP
Step-by-step guide to connecting Cursor to your MySQL database using a managed MCP server. Schema-aware answers in chat and Composer, real query results, no local install.
July 9, 2026