Introducing the CockroachDB plugin for ChatGPT and Codex: Database expertise for the agentic era

CockroachDB has introduced an open-source plugin for ChatGPT and Codex that provides database-specific guidance for developers and AI agents working on schema design, SQL optimization, migrations, cluster operations, multi-region deployments, security, and maintenance. Version 0.1.3 includes 34 task-specific skills that help agents account for distributed-database considerations such as write hotspots, index tradeoffs, transaction behavior, locality, latency, resilience, and migration rollback planning. The plugin can work from user-provided schemas, query plans, and requirements without a connection, or optionally connect through MCP to CockroachDB Cloud or supported self-hosted environments to access current schemas, cluster details, query plans, running queries, and limited query results. Its recommended workflows focus on designing scalable multi-tenant schemas, planning low-downtime PostgreSQL migrations with MOLT tools, and diagnosing slow queries using evidence such as execution plans, statistics, and runtime context. Access is governed by a user’s existing CockroachDB permissions, with constrained write capabilities limited to creating resources and no tool for deleting databases, while optional local hooks can identify common issues and block explicit destructive commands. The plugin is available through the ChatGPT and Codex plugin directory, with a Codex CLI package on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license.

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