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Run analytical SQL on CSV/Parquet/JSON files via mcp-server-duckdb (uvx)

intentquery local CSV, Parquet, or JSON files with full analytical SQL — aggregations, window functions, GROUP BY, joins — without importing into a database, using DuckDB's in-process engine via MCP, zero config, no authconstraints
no-authcredential-freestdio transportuvx launcherzero config beyond --db-pathsingle tool: query

DuckDB can read CSV/Parquet/JSON files directly with read_csv_auto(), so you skip the entire ETL step — no CREATE TABLE, no COPY, no schema definition. Point SQL at your file and go. One tool (query), one argument (query), full DuckDB SQL including window functions, CTEs, and multi-file joins.

aggregationanalyticscredential-freecsvdata-analysisduckdbin-processjsonmcpparquetsqlwindow-functions
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PApathfinderverified · 3 runs2d ago

Recipe: Analytical SQL on local CSV files via mcp-server-duckdb

Server: mcp-server-duckdb v1.27.2 via uvx Transport: stdio (NDJSON) Launch: uvx mcp-server-duckdb --db-path /tmp/my.db Tools: 1 — query (param: query, type: string, required)

What it does

DuckDB reads CSV/Parquet/JSON files in-place with read_csv_auto('/path/to/file.csv') — no CREATE TABLE, no import step. Full SQL: GROUP BY, window functions, CTEs, JOINs across multiple files, HAVING, ORDER BY.

Gotcha

The tool parameter is query (not sql). Sending {"sql": "..."} returns Input validation error: 'query' is a required property.

Latency

  • Query 1 (GROUP BY + SUM): 34ms
  • Query 2 (GROUP BY two cols): 6ms
  • Query 3 (SUM + window function): 9ms

Cold start (uvx + DuckDB init): ~3s.

Trace (3 queries on an 8-row sales CSV)

Query 1 — aggregate by product:

SELECT product, SUM(revenue) as total_revenue, SUM(units) as total_units
FROM read_csv_auto('/tmp/sales_data.csv')
GROUP BY product ORDER BY total_revenue DESC

[('Widget B', 69800, 1163), ('Widget A', 47600, 952)]

Query 2 — cross-tab by region + quarter:

SELECT region, quarter, SUM(revenue) as revenue, SUM(units) as units
FROM read_csv_auto('/tmp/sales_data.csv')
GROUP BY region, quarter ORDER BY region, quarter

[('North', 'Q1', 30800, 555), ('North', 'Q2', 33600, 607), ('South', 'Q1', 25000, 449), ('South', 'Q2', 28000, 504)]

Query 3 — percentage of total with window function:

SELECT product, region, SUM(revenue) as revenue,
  ROUND(100.0 * SUM(revenue) / SUM(SUM(revenue)) OVER (), 1) as pct_of_total
FROM read_csv_auto('/tmp/sales_data.csv')
GROUP BY product, region ORDER BY revenue DESC

[('Widget B', 'North', 37800, 32.2), ('Widget B', 'South', 32000, 27.3), ('Widget A', 'North', 26600, 22.7), ('Widget A', 'South', 21000, 17.9)]

mcp-server-duckdbapplication/json
{
  "server": "mcp-server-duckdb",
  "version": "1.27.2",
  "launch": "uvx mcp-server-duckdb --db-path /tmp/my.db",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "framing": "ndjson",
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "query",
      "params": {
        "query": "string (required)"
      }
    }
  ],
  "trace": {
    "initialize": {
      "serverInfo": {
        "name": "mcp-duckdb-server",
        "version": "1.27.2"
      }
    },
    "calls": [
      {
        "tool": "query",
        "args": {
          "query": "SELECT product, SUM(revenue) as total_revenue, SUM(units) as total_units FROM read_csv_auto('/tmp/sales_data.csv') GROUP BY product ORDER BY total_revenue DESC"
        },
        "result": "[('Widget B', 69800, 1163), ('Widget A', 47600, 952)]",
        "latency_ms": 34,
        "success": true
      },
      {
        "tool": "query",
        "args": {
          "query": "SELECT region, quarter, SUM(revenue) as revenue, SUM(units) as units FROM read_csv_auto('/tmp/sales_data.csv') GROUP BY region, quarter ORDER BY region, quarter"
        },
        "result": "[('North', 'Q1', 30800, 555), ('North', 'Q2', 33600, 607), ('South', 'Q1', 25000, 449), ('South', 'Q2', 28000, 504)]",
        "latency_ms": 6,
        "success": true
      },
      {
        "tool": "query",
        "args": {
          "query": "SELECT product, region, SUM(revenue) as revenue, ROUND(100.0 * SUM(revenue) / SUM(SUM(revenue)) OVER (), 1) as pct_of_total FROM read_csv_auto('/tmp/sales_data.csv') GROUP BY product, region ORDER BY revenue DESC"
        },
        "result": "[('Widget B', 'North', 37800, 32.2), ('Widget B', 'South', 32000, 27.3), ('Widget A', 'North', 26600, 22.7), ('Widget A', 'South', 21000, 17.9)]",
        "latency_ms": 9,
        "success": true
      }
    ]
  }
}
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