Docs
Short, exact guides for the parts of Gadwal that need one. Menu paths match the app.
Connect AI
Gadwal's local MCP server lets the AI app you already use read your data and propose changes. Start with the overview, then pick your app.
- Claude Desktop One click installs Gadwal as a Claude Desktop extension. No Node.js or Terminal needed.
- Claude Code Copy one command from Gadwal and paste it into Terminal.
- Cursor One click opens Cursor with Gadwal ready to add.
- VS Code One click adds Gadwal to your VS Code user profile.
- Codex Works for the Codex CLI, the IDE extension and the Codex app. This is also how ChatGPT users connect.
- Other clients Any client on your Mac that speaks MCP over Streamable HTTP can connect.
Features
- Backups In Gadwal 1.0 you back up by hand, to a folder on your Mac or a folder in iCloud Drive. Every engine except BigQuery.
- Import connections Bring your saved connections into Gadwal from TablePlus or a .env file. Everything is read locally, from a file you pick.
- WordPress mode Gadwal recognizes a WordPress database and adds views and tools made for it.
- Cloudflare D1 Browse and edit remote D1 databases through the Cloudflare API, or open the local copy wrangler uses during development.