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BoltSchema lets ChatGPT and Claude query your Postgres database. I first posted it in r/mcp a few months ago. It got about 10k views but didn't turn into users. When I finally walked through it the way a stranger would, the reasons were obvious within a few minutes. What I found The most common setup failed silently. My server connected out to your database, so a database on localhost (where most developers' databases live) was unreachable. There was no error, just a 5 second hang and then a failure. The docs pointed at a URL that didn't exist. Anyone who followed them couldn't connect. The only way in was pasting a production connection string into a site nobody had heard of, with no page explaining what happens to it. Engaged users hit a wall. The free tier allowed one database, behind an "Upgrade to Pro" banner for a plan I couldn't sell yet. What's different now If your database isn't reachable, it tells you why immediately instead of timing out. ChatGPT and Claude in the browser can only connect to a URL, so I built an agent that runs next to your database and dials out . Localhost and private-network databases work, nothing gets exposed, and your password never leaves your machine: npx boltschema login npx boltschema connect A security page explains exactly what I store, including what I don't claim: no SOC 2, no audit, small team. Every query goes through a read-only guard and runs in a read-only database transaction. The agent re-checks each query itself instead of trusting my server. The free limit is higher, so you can try it properly. What I learned Reach wasn't the problem. No amount of traffic fixes a product that fails in 30 seconds. One stranger trying it would have taught me more than 10k views did. Test the path your users take, not the one you take. I knew my own setup. I never came in cold. Answer the scary question right where it comes up. If you ask for something sensitive, the explanation of what you do with it belongs next to the input box, not in the footer. Don't build a paywall before you can get paid. A limit with no way to lift it is just a wall. It's free and Postgres only. I'm relaunching to find out whether people actually want it, so if you try it and it's confusing or pointless, I'd genuinely rather hear that. boltschema.com   submitted by   /u/Bulky_Drag7113 [link]   [comments]

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