postgres-list-schemas Tool

The “postgres-list-schemas” tool lists user-defined schemas in a database.

About

The postgres-list-schemas tool retrieves information about schemas in a database excluding system and temporary schemas.

postgres-list-schemas lists detailed information as JSON for each schema. The tool takes the following input parameters:

  • schema_name (optional): A text to filter results by schema name. Default: ""
  • owner (optional): A text to filter results by owner name. Default: ""
  • limit (optional): The maximum number of rows to return. Default: 50.

Compatible Sources

This tool can be used with the following database sources:

Source Name
PostgreSQL Source
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Source
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL Source

Example

kind: tools
name: list_schemas
type: postgres-list-schemas
source: postgres-source
description: "Lists all schemas in the database ordered by schema name and excluding system and temporary schemas. It returns the schema name, schema owner, grants, number of functions, number of tables and number of views within each schema."

The response is a json array with the following elements:

{
  "schema_name": "name of the schema.",
  "owner": "role that owns the schema",
  "grants": "A JSON object detailing the privileges (e.g., USAGE, CREATE) granted to different roles or PUBLIC on the schema.",
  "tables": "The total count of tables within the schema",
  "views": "The total count of views within the schema",
  "functions": "The total count of functions",
}

Reference

fieldtyperequireddescription
typestringtrueMust be “postgres-list-schemas”.
sourcestringtrueName of the source the SQL should execute on.
descriptionstringfalseDescription of the tool that is passed to the LLM.