{"id":"dperussina-mssql-mcp-server","name":"mssql-mcp-server","af_score":56.5,"security_score":48.0,"reliability_score":30.0,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server that bridges AI assistants to an MS SQL Server database for discovery (schemas/tables), read-only SQL querying, and natural-language-to-SQL, with optional stdio (default) and HTTP/SSE transports.","best_when":"You want an agent to safely explore and query a SQL Server database from Claude/Cursor via MCP using locally stored credentials and read-only operations.","avoid_when":"You need strong enterprise-grade security controls (SSO, per-user RBAC, auditing) or you cannot guarantee network/host isolation for the server and credentials.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:51:28.333139+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":true,"auth_methods":[".env-based database credentials (DB_USER/DB_PASSWORD)","No external user auth described for the MCP server itself"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["If the AI issues non-SQL-Server dialect syntax, it may fail unless prompted to use SQL Server OFFSET/FETCH or cursor patterns.","Large result sets should use pagination or saved-result retrieval (uuid) to avoid overwhelming the agent/context.","Without proper filtering, generated queries could be expensive even if read-only."],"error_quality":0.0}