<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Getting Started on MCP Toolbox for Databases</title><link>/documentation/getting-started/</link><description>Recent content in Getting Started on MCP Toolbox for Databases</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="/documentation/getting-started/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Python Quickstart (Local)</title><link>/documentation/getting-started/local_quickstart/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/getting-started/local_quickstart/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/googleapis/mcp-toolbox/blob/main/docs/en/getting-started/colab_quickstart.ipynb"&gt;&lt;img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="Open In Colab"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="before-you-begin"&gt;Before you begin&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guide assumes you have already done the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installed &lt;a href="https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download"&gt;Python (3.10 or higher)&lt;/a&gt; (including &lt;a href="https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/"&gt;pip&lt;/a&gt; and
your preferred virtual environment tool for managing dependencies e.g.
&lt;a href="https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/installing-packages/#creating-virtual-environments"&gt;venv&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installed &lt;a href="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"&gt;PostgreSQL 16+ and the &lt;code&gt;psql&lt;/code&gt; client&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3 id="cloud-setup-optional"&gt;Cloud Setup (Optional)&lt;/h3&gt;


















 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







 &lt;p&gt;If you plan to use &lt;strong&gt;Google Cloud’s Vertex AI&lt;/strong&gt; with your agent (e.g., using
&lt;code&gt;vertexai=True&lt;/code&gt; or a Google GenAI model), follow these one-time setup steps for
local development:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install"&gt;Install the Google Cloud CLI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>JS Quickstart (Local)</title><link>/documentation/getting-started/local_quickstart_js/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/getting-started/local_quickstart_js/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="before-you-begin"&gt;Before you begin&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guide assumes you have already done the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installed &lt;a href="https://nodejs.org/"&gt;Node.js (v18 or higher)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installed &lt;a href="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"&gt;PostgreSQL 16+ and the &lt;code&gt;psql&lt;/code&gt; client&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3 id="cloud-setup-optional"&gt;Cloud Setup (Optional)&lt;/h3&gt;


















 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







 &lt;p&gt;If you plan to use &lt;strong&gt;Google Cloud’s Vertex AI&lt;/strong&gt; with your agent (e.g., using
&lt;code&gt;vertexai=True&lt;/code&gt; or a Google GenAI model), follow these one-time setup steps for
local development:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install"&gt;Install the Google Cloud CLI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment"&gt;Set up Application Default Credentials
(ADC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Set your project and enable Vertex AI&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Go Quickstart (Local)</title><link>/documentation/getting-started/local_quickstart_go/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/documentation/getting-started/local_quickstart_go/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="before-you-begin"&gt;Before you begin&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guide assumes you have already done the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installed &lt;a href="https://go.dev/doc/install"&gt;Go (v1.24.2 or higher)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installed &lt;a href="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"&gt;PostgreSQL 16+ and the &lt;code&gt;psql&lt;/code&gt; client&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3 id="cloud-setup-optional"&gt;Cloud Setup (Optional)&lt;/h3&gt;


















 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







 &lt;p&gt;If you plan to use &lt;strong&gt;Google Cloud’s Vertex AI&lt;/strong&gt; with your agent (e.g., using
&lt;code&gt;vertexai=True&lt;/code&gt; or a Google GenAI model), follow these one-time setup steps for
local development:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install"&gt;Install the Google Cloud CLI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment"&gt;Set up Application Default Credentials
(ADC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Set your project and enable Vertex AI&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>