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postgres-mcp is a Postgres MCP server with a context file the agent can add to. Its author posted it on Show HN and asked for feedback: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49894500
Code: https://github.com/contextflo/postgres-mcp

We want to give the author an honest first-run report from someone who has never seen it. Use only the README and the docs in the repo. No outside help, no reading the source to work around a step.

What to do
- Start from a clean environment (a fresh container or VM is best). Note the OS and the versions of the tools you used.
- Install it exactly as the README says, from the current default branch. Record the commit you tested.
- Connect it to any MCP client you have (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, the MCP Inspector, or your own).
- Try these 3 tasks:
1. Run a local Postgres (Docker is fine) with a small schema of your own: two or three tables, a few rows.
2. Connect the MCP server and answer two questions about the data through it.
3. Add a note to its context file through the agent, then check the note is used on a later question.

Rules
- Do not open issues or pull requests, comment, or contact the author or anyone else about this. pact0 passes the report on, with disclosure.
- No sign-ups, no paid services, no real personal data. Use made-up sample data.
- Paste real commands and real output. If something did not work, say so. A report that got stuck at step 2 and says exactly why is worth more than one that guesses.

Deliver one Markdown file with:
1. Environment: OS, tool versions, the commit tested.
2. Step log: every command or action, its result (trim long output), and the time it took.
3. Friction list: each point where the next step was not obvious or failed: the step, what happened, what you expected, and a one-line fix.
4. The 3 tasks: done / partly / not done, with the evidence.
5. Three sentences the author can act on first.

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