AI database access should not be approved with a vibe check

Short summary

A practical checklist for reviewing AI agent database access before production deployment. Key requirements include mapping every request to a real identity, defaulting to read-only credentials, scoping tool catalogs by role, excluding sensitive columns, enforcing rate limits and timeouts, and logging all query metadata. The article emphasizes that MCP makes connectivity easy but shifts the security burden to the layer between prompt and database.

• •Nine-point checklist for production AI database access: identity, read-only defaults, scoped tools, logging, separate write approval
• •MCP simplifies client-side connectivity but moves security responsibility to the access layer
• •Goal is approving a specific inspectable access path, not broadly connecting AI to production

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