Is Tiger Cli safe to use?

Tiger Cli has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

How do I install Tiger Cli?

Tiger Cli supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with Tiger Cli?

Tiger Cli is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Tiger Cli actively maintained?

Tiger Cli is actively maintained — last commit was 2 days ago. It has 107 GitHub stars.

Tiger Cli

Name: Tiger Cli
Author: timescale

by timescale

Tiger CLI is the command-line interface for Tiger Cloud. It includes an MCP server for helping coding agents write production-level Postgres code.

107 0 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 2d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

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Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "start"
      ],
      "command": "tiger"
    }
  }
}

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What Tiger Cli does

Tiger CLI is the command-line interface for Tiger Cloud. It provides commands for managing and querying database services, as well as an integrated Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for use with AI assistants.

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Is Tiger Cli safe to use?: Tiger Cli has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Tiger Cli?: Tiger Cli supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Tiger Cli?: Tiger Cli is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Tiger Cli actively maintained?: Tiger Cli is actively maintained — last commit was 2 days ago. It has 107 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger": {
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "start"
      ],
      "command": "tiger"
    }
  }
}

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What Tiger Cli does

Test This Server

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README

Tiger CLI

Installation

Multiple installation methods are provided. Choose your preferred method from the options below. If you aren't sure, use the first one!

Install Script (macOS/Linux/WSL)

curl -fsSL https://cli.tigerdata.com | sh

Install Script (Windows)

irm https://cli.tigerdata.com/install.ps1 | iex

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install --cask timescale/tap/tiger-cli

Debian/Ubuntu

# Add repository
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/timescale/tiger-cli/script.deb.sh | sudo os=any dist=any bash

# Install tiger-cli
sudo apt-get install tiger-cli

For manual repository installation instructions, see here.

Red Hat/Fedora

# Add repository
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/timescale/tiger-cli/script.rpm.sh | sudo os=rpm_any dist=rpm_any bash

# Install tiger-cli
sudo yum install tiger-cli

For manual repository installation instructions, see here.

Go Install

go install github.com/timescale/tiger-cli/cmd/tiger@latest

Quick Start

After installing Tiger CLI, authenticate with your Tiger Cloud account:

# Login to your Tiger account
tiger auth login

# View available commands
tiger --help

# List your database services
tiger service list

# Create a new database service
tiger service create --name my-database

# Get connection string
tiger db connection-string

# Connect to your database
tiger db connect

# Install the MCP server
tiger mcp install

Usage

Tiger CLI provides the following commands:

tiger auth - Authentication management
- login - Log in to your Tiger account
- logout - Log out from your Tiger account
- status - Show current authentication status and project ID
tiger service - Service lifecycle management
- list - List all services
- create - Create a new service
- get - Show detailed service information (aliases: describe, show)
- fork - Fork an existing service
- start - Start a stopped service
- stop - Stop a running service
- resize - Resize service CPU and memory allocation
- delete - Delete a service
- update-password - Update service master password
- logs - View service logs
tiger db - Database operations
- connect - Connect to a database with psql
- connection-string - Get connection string for a service
- test-connection - Test database connectivity
tiger config - Configuration management
- show - Show current configuration
- set - Set configuration value
- unset - Remove configuration value
- reset - Reset configuration to defaults
tiger mcp - MCP server setup and management
- install - Install and configure MCP server for an AI assistant
- start - Start the MCP server
- list - List available MCP tools, prompts, and resources
- get - Get detailed information about a specific MCP capability (aliases: describe, show)
tiger version - Show version information

Use tiger <command> --help for detailed information about each command.

MCP Server

Tiger CLI includes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants like Claude Code to interact with your Tiger Cloud infrastructure. The MCP server provides programmatic access to database services and operations.

Installation

Configure the MCP server for your AI assistant:

# Interactive installation (prompts for client selection)
tiger mcp install

# Or specify your client directly
tiger mcp install claude-code    # Claude Code
tiger mcp install codex          # Codex
tiger mcp install cursor  

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/timescale/tiger-cli#readme)

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

45/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−55

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tiger Cli safe to use?: Tiger Cli has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Tiger Cli?: Tiger Cli supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Tiger Cli?: Tiger Cli is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Tiger Cli actively maintained?: Tiger Cli is actively maintained — last commit was 2 days ago. It has 107 GitHub stars.