Releases and write-ups for mcp-server-db2i, the open-source MCP server for IBM Db2 for i.https://db2i-mcp.com/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/what-open-order-means-at-your-company/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/what-open-order-means-at-your-company/How your own business definitions, written down once, keep an AI assistant from guessing about your ERP data. Explained without the technical detail.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTbusinessbusiness-toolshttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/new-questions-for-the-erp-data-you-already-have/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/new-questions-for-the-erp-data-you-already-have/How an AI assistant can answer the one-off questions between reports, against live ERP data on IBM i, alongside the screens, Excel workbooks and BI tools you already use.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTbusinesserphttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/services-timeouts-and-routines/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/services-timeouts-and-routines/A query timeout that cancels on the IBM i, IBM i services search, SQL errors with cause and recovery text, index advice, and procedures and functions.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMTreleasetoolssecurityhttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/sign-in-with-your-ibm-i-profile/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/sign-in-with-your-ibm-i-profile/A built-in OAuth 2.1 server lets claude.ai, Cursor and Claude Code connect with one URL. Everyone signs in as themselves and queries run with their own authority.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTreleaseoauthhttphttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/mapepire-is-back-over-ssh/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/mapepire-is-back-over-ssh/I dropped the Mapepire driver earlier. Its new SSH mode changes the trade-off, so it's back, for systems where only port 22 is open.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMTreleasedriversmapepirehttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/no-java-by-default-and-several-systems/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/no-java-by-default-and-several-systems/The IBM i Access ODBC driver is now the default, JT400 is optional, and one server can reach production, test and development side by side.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTreleasedriversbreakinghttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/finding-things-and-keeping-control/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/finding-things-and-keeping-control/Search across libraries, profile a table, check journaling, read tables as MCP resources, and mask sensitive columns with every call written to an audit log.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTreleasetoolssecurityhttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/teaching-the-model-your-schema-with-yaml/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/teaching-the-model-your-schema-with-yaml/Table notes and named business tools, written once in YAML, so the model uses your definitions instead of guessing.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMTreleasebusiness-toolshttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/let-ibm-i-check-the-models-work/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/let-ibm-i-check-the-models-work/Three tools that push validation to the system itself, so the model finds out about a wrong column name before anything runs.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTreleasetoolshttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/2-0-current-mcp-spec-and-stricter-read-only/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/2-0-current-mcp-spec-and-stricter-read-only/The server now speaks the 2026-07-28 MCP spec, the database connection itself is read-only, and a library allowlist limits what the model can reach.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTreleasesecuritybreakinghttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/hardening-1x-and-http-transport/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/hardening-1x-and-http-transport/A stricter SQL validator, rate limits and result limits, Docker secrets, and a way for web apps and agents to connect over HTTP.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMTreleasesecurityhttphttps://db2i-mcp.com/blog/open-sourcing-an-mcp-server-for-db2-for-i/https://db2i-mcp.com/blog/open-sourcing-an-mcp-server-for-db2-for-i/Why I built a way for Claude and Cursor to read IBM i databases directly, and what the first release does.Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMTreleaseannouncement