Supabase MCP (MCP server) and Supabase (Claude Code plugin) give an agent the same capability through two different install surfaces. Which to use is about the interface, not a feature you give up either way.
Query and migrate your database from the agent
Run SQL, manage auth and storage on a Supabase project
Supabase MCP (MCP server) and Supabase (Claude Code plugin) give an agent the same capability through two different install surfaces. Which to use is about the interface, not a feature you give up either way. Supabase MCP: Query and migrate your database from the agent. Supabase: Run SQL, manage auth and storage on a Supabase project. Supabase MCP has 2,889 GitHub stars. Supabase has no adoption data tracked yet.
claude mcp add supabase -e SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN=<token> -- npx -y @supabase/mcp-server-supabase@latest --read-only --project-ref=<project-ref>
"supabase": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@supabase/mcp-server-supabase@latest", "--read-only", "--project-ref=<project-ref>"], "env": { "SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<token>" } }Needs a Supabase personal access token. Drop --read-only only once you actually want the agent applying migrations.
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official /plugin install supabase@claude-plugins-official
The official marketplace registers itself automatically on Claude Code's first interactive launch, so the marketplace-add step is often a no-op; running it is still safe and works on any machine.
Supabase MCP (MCP server) and Supabase (Claude Code plugin) give an agent the same capability through two different install surfaces. Which to use is about the interface, not a feature you give up either way.
Query and migrate your database from the agent. It is a MCP server, categorized as mcp servers.
Run SQL, manage auth and storage on a Supabase project. It is a Claude Code plugin, categorized as database.
Yes. Both are free.
Supabase MCP has tracked adoption data (2,889 GitHub stars as of 2026-09-05); Supabase has no adoption data tracked yet.