TiDB Cloud for AI agents

TiDB Cloud is a managed database platform, and this connection covers control-plane resources like clusters, branches, and billing rather than the data inside them. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect TiDB Cloud See the 10 actions ↓

Databases and spreadsheetsAPI keyMCP + RESTtidbcloud.com

AUDIT LOG · TIDB CLOUDPOLICY: acme-support

09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read

tidb_cloud.list_regions

List Regions✓ allowed · 212ms

09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read

tidb_cloud.get_cluster

Get Cluster✓ allowed · 164ms

EVERY TIDB CLOUD CALL, ON THE RECORD

01 · USE CASES

What agents do in TiDB Cloud.

List clusters in the organization

Pull the current list of TiDB clusters as a read-only inventory check.

Check the monthly bill

Read the current month's billing total before it's reported to finance.

Review audit logs before a change

Read recent audit log entries to see who touched a cluster before making further changes.

02 · ACTIONS

10 TiDB Cloud actions, graded by risk.

Every TiDB Cloud action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

Look things up. Allowed by default.

tidb_cloud.get_cluster
Get Cluster
tidb_cloud.list_regions
List Regions
tidb_cloud.list_branches
List Branches
tidb_cloud.list_clusters
List Clusters
tidb_cloud.list_data_apps
List Data Apps
tidb_cloud.list_audit_logs
List Audit Logs
tidb_cloud.get_monthly_bill
Get Monthly Bill
tidb_cloud.list_import_tasks
List Import Tasks
tidb_cloud.list_data_app_deployments
List Data App Deployments
tidb_cloud.list_organization_members
List Organization Members

write

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

No write actions.

destructive

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

No destructive actions.

03 · HOW IT WORKS

TiDB Cloud in three steps.

01Your users connect TiDB CloudThey add their TiDB Cloud api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “updates” can wait for the user to approve.
03Any agent can actYour agent calls TiDB Cloud through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.

POLICY.TS

await arc0.policies.set('tidb_cloud', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        
  destructive: 'deny',  
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2

04 · AUTH AND DATA

How TiDB Cloud connects.

Users add their TiDB Cloud api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same TiDB Cloud connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH: API key
CREDENTIALS: Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES: Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG: Every call, on every plan

05 · WORKS WITH

Use TiDB Cloud from any agent.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

LangGraph

06 · RELATED

More databases and spreadsheets apps.

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Google BigQuery63 actions

NocoDB28 actions

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07 · FAQ

TiDB Cloud and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use TiDB Cloud with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect TiDB Cloud to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the TiDB Cloud actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect TiDB Cloud?

Users add their TiDB Cloud api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which TiDB Cloud actions can my agent take?

10 in total: 10 read, 0 write and 0 destructive. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in TiDB Cloud?

Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the TiDB Cloud policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.

Q05

Can my own backend call TiDB Cloud too?

Yes. The same TiDB Cloud connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug TiDB Cloud into your agent.

Your users connect TiDB Cloud once, under your brand. Your agent gets 10 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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