execute_sql_readonly

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Execute any valid read only SQL statement on a Cloud SQL instance.

To support the execute_sql_readonly tool, a Cloud SQL instance must meet
the following requirements:

The value of data_api_access must be set to ALLOW_DATA_API.
For a MySQL instance, the database flag cloudsql_iam_authentication must be set to on.

For a PostgreSQL instance, the database flag cloudsql.iam_authentication must be set
to on.

An IAM user account or IAM service account (CLOUD_IAM_USER or CLOUD_IAM_SERVICE_ACCOUNT)

is required to call the execute_sql_readonly tool.
The tool executes the SQL statements using the privileges of the database user
logged with IAM database authentication.

After you use the create_instance tool to create an instance,
you can use the create_user tool to create an
IAM user account for the user currently logged in to the project.

The execute_sql_readonly tool has the following limitations:

If a SQL statement returns a response larger than 10 MB,

then the response will be truncated.

The tool has a default timeout of 30 seconds.

If a query runs longer than 30 seconds, then the tool returns a
DEADLINE_EXCEEDED error.

If you receive errors similar to "IAM authentication is not enabled for the instance",
then you can use the get_instance tool to check the value of the IAM
database authentication flag for the instance.

If you receive errors like "The instance doesn't allow using executeSql to access this
instance", then you can use get_instance tool to check the data_api_access setting.

When you receive authentication errors:

1. Check if the currently logged-in user account exists as an IAM user on the
instance using the list_users tool.
2. If the IAM user account doesn't exist, then use the create_user tool to
create the IAM user account for the logged-in user.
3. If the currently logged in user doesn't have the proper database user roles, then
you can use update_user tool to grant database roles to the user. For example,
cloudsqlsuperuser role can provide an IAM user with many required permissions.
4. Check if the currently logged in user has the correct IAM permissions assigned for
the project. You can use gcloud projects get-iam-policy [PROJECT_ID] command to
check if the user has the proper IAM roles or permissions assigned for the project.

* The user must have cloudsql.instance.login permission to do automatic IAM database
authentication.
* The user must have cloudsql.instances.executeSql permission to execute SQL statements
using the execute_sql_readonly tool or executeSql API.
* Common IAM roles that contain the required permissions: Cloud SQL Instance User
(roles/cloudsql.instanceUser) or Cloud SQL Admin (roles/cloudsql.admin)

When receiving an ExecuteSqlResponse, always check the message and status fields
within the response body. A successful HTTP status code doesn't guarantee full success of
all SQL statements.
The message and status fields will indicate if there were any partial errors or
warnings during SQL statement execution.

Input schema

Property	Type	Required	Description
database	string	no	Optional. Name of the database on which the statement will be executed. For Postgres it's required, for MySQL it's optional. For Postgres, if your query is not scoped to an existings database, like list databases / create new database / grant roles, you can pass in default value as postgres.
instance	string	yes	Required. Database instance ID. This does not include the project ID.
passwordSecretVersion	string	no	Optional. The resource name of the Secret Manager secret holding the password for the user to log into the database. The secret should be created using the regional endpoint (for API) or from the Regional Secrets page (for UI), and stored in the same region as the Cloud SQL instance. The expected resource name format is `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/secrets/{secret}/versions/{secret_version}`. This field is used together with the `user` field. When not both are set, the API caller's identity is used for database authentication. The secret resource name will not be stored.
project	string	yes	Required. Project ID of the project that contains the instance.
sqlCommenterEnabled	boolean	no	Optional. If set to true, enables sqlcommenter-style tagging. Automatically collects and populates mcp.server, mcp.tool, mcp.client, and user.identity. See https://google.github.io/sqlcommenter/ for detail about sqlcommenter.
sqlStatement	string	yes	Required. SQL statements to run on the database. It can be a single statement or a sequence of statements separated by semicolons.
user	string	no	Optional. The name of an existing database user to connect to the database. This field is used together with the `password_secret_version` field. When not both are set, the API caller's identity is used for database authentication.

Raw JSON schema

{
  "description": "Instance execute sql request for MCP.",
  "properties": {
    "database": {
      "description": "Optional. Name of the database on which the statement will be executed. For Postgres it's required, for MySQL it's optional. For Postgres, if your query is not scoped to an existings database, like list databases / create new database / grant roles, you can pass in default value as postgres.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "instance": {
      "description": "Required. Database instance ID. This does not include the project ID.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "passwordSecretVersion": {
      "description": "Optional. The resource name of the Secret Manager secret holding the password for the user to log into the database. The secret should be created using the regional endpoint (for API) or from the Regional Secrets page (for UI), and stored in the same region as the Cloud SQL instance. The expected resource name format is `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/secrets/{secret}/versions/{secret_version}`. This field is used together with the `user` field. When not both are set, the API caller's identity is used for database authentication. The secret resource name will not be stored.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "project": {
      "description": "Required. Project ID of the project that contains the instance.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sqlCommenterEnabled": {
      "description": "Optional. If set to true, enables sqlcommenter-style tagging. Automatically collects and populates mcp.server, mcp.tool, mcp.client, and user.identity. See https://google.github.io/sqlcommenter/ for detail about sqlcommenter.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "sqlStatement": {
      "description": "Required. SQL statements to run on the database. It can be a single statement or a sequence of statements separated by semicolons.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "user": {
      "description": "Optional. The name of an existing database user to connect to the database. This field is used together with the `password_secret_version` field. When not both are set, the API caller's identity is used for database authentication.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "instance",
    "project",
    "sqlStatement"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

First seen 2026-09-14 · last seen 2026-09-14