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Quickstart

SignalPilot is a governed MCP server for AI agents — Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, dbt with enterprise guardrails. One entrypoint, three pieces of infrastructure: plugin (skills + tools), MCP server, and an observability platform.

Three commands to a working setup​

1 · clone and start the stack
$ git clone https://github.com/SignalPilot-Labs/signalpilot.git
$ cd signalpilot
$ docker compose up -d
2 · connect the mcp server to claude code
$ claude mcp add --transport http signalpilot http://localhost:3300/mcp
3 · install the plugin for skills + verifier agent
$ claude plugin marketplace add SignalPilot-Labs/signalpilot-plugin
$ claude plugin install signalpilot-dbt@signalpilot

That's it. Claude Code now has governed access to your databases.

What you get​

  • 32 MCP tools — schema discovery, read-only SQL, dbt project management, cost estimation, join path finding
  • SQL governance — DDL/DML blocked at parse time, auto-LIMIT injection, 79+ dangerous functions denied, full audit log
  • 9 Claude Code skills — battle-tested dbt and SQL skills that auto-load based on your task
  • Observability — query history, latency dashboards, per-session budget caps, encrypted credential storage

Next steps​

Concepts — Mental model: gateway, governance, MCP, skills.

MCP Setup — Verify tools loaded; troubleshoot handshake.

Plugin — Install skills and the verifier agent.

Tools Reference — All 32 tools, grouped by category.

SignalPilot Cloud​

Prefer not to self-host? SignalPilot Cloud is free to start — sign up, get an API key, and point Claude Code at https://gateway.signalpilot.ai/mcp. See Cloud setup.