<?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</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>&lt;a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/googleapis/genai-toolbox/blob/main/docs/en/getting-started/colab_quickstart.ipynb">&lt;img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="Open In Colab">&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="before-you-begin">Before you begin&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>This guide assumes you have already done the following:&lt;/p>
&lt;ol>
&lt;li>Installed &lt;a href="https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download">Python (3.10 or higher)&lt;/a> (including &lt;a href="https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/">pip&lt;/a> 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">venv&lt;/a>).&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Installed &lt;a href="https://www.postgresql.org/download/">PostgreSQL 16+ and the &lt;code>psql&lt;/code> client&lt;/a>.&lt;/li>
&lt;/ol>
&lt;h3 id="cloud-setup-optional">Cloud Setup (Optional)&lt;/h3>


















 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







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


















 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







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


















 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







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