A side-by-side look at the Nlqueries and MCP Server Motherduck MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Nlqueries for databases work as a local process; choose MCP Server Motherduck for databases as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, QDRANT_API_KEY, NLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN.execute_query, list_databases, list_tables.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Databases | Databases |
| Quality signal | 49/100 · Fair | 56/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | ANTHROPIC_API_KEYOPENAI_API_KEYQDRANT_API_KEYNLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 4 | 527 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 4 |
| Full listing | View Nlqueries | View MCP Server Motherduck |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
execute_queryExecute SQL query (DuckDB dialect)list_databasesList all databases (useful for MotherDuck or multiple attached DBs)list_tablesList tables and viewslist_columnsList columns of a table/viewPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"nlqueries-nlqueries": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nlqueries-core"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_HERE",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE",
"QDRANT_API_KEY": "YOUR_QDRANT_API_KEY_HERE",
"NLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN": "YOUR_NLQ_MCP_STATIC_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-motherduck": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-motherduck"
]
}
}
}