Modern MySQL Workbench 26.10.0.3

Important

This is a PLUGIN for MySQL Workbench, not a separate Workbench. It does not install MySQL Workbench or a MySQL server. Install MySQL Workbench 26 first (free, from Oracle). Modern MySQL Workbench then opens your own Workbench with the notebook, AI, charts and exports added.

A free plugin by KGP Talkie that adds a Jupyter-style notebook, AI, result charts, exports and a VS Code-style workspace to your own MySQL Workbench 26.

For MySQL Workbench 26.10.0. Versions now follow MySQL Workbench: the first three numbers (26.10.0) are the Workbench version this release is made and tested for, the last number is our release for it.

Install

1. Download Modern-MySQL-Workbench-Setup.exe below.
2. Run it. It installs for your user only (no admin rights) in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Modern MySQL Workbench and adds a Modern MySQL Workbench shortcut to the Desktop and the Start menu.
3. Open Modern MySQL Workbench.

Needs Windows 10 or 11 and MySQL Workbench 26 (tested with 26.10.0). MySQL Workbench itself is not changed: plain Workbench still opens from its own shortcut. Close plain Workbench before you open Modern MySQL Workbench.

Already have an older version? Run the new installer; it updates in place.

The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn. Click More info, then Run anyway.

To remove it: Settings > Apps > Installed apps > Modern MySQL Workbench > Uninstall.

New in 26.10.0.3

• AI agent mode (new default). AI prompts and Fix with AI now plan the work, look up your databases, tables and columns, and check the SQL against the database (with EXPLAIN, never run) before they answer. Every step shows in the AI card under "How this answer was made". Configure AI has a new Mode setting: Agent, or Direct (one call, faster, no checks). A model that cannot call tools answers directly, and the card says so.
• The AI sees the right tables (the database the cell is in, plus any database you name) and never guesses a table or column name. When one is missing it says so instead of writing SQL.
• A USE in a cell is followed by the AI and by column autocomplete.
• AI Prompt: "AI Cell" is now "AI Prompt", and every cell's toolbar has an Add AI Prompt Below button (chat bubble with a sparkle).
• Explorer: New File and New Folder, as in VS Code. Type the name; reports/monthly.sql makes the folder too.
• Search panel (magnifier in the activity bar, or Ctrl+Shift+F): text and file names in the open folder, with Match Case, Whole Word and Regular Expression. Click a line to open the file there.
• Opening a file that is already open switches to its tab instead of opening it twice.

These bring the notebook up to SQL Notebook Studio 1.1.1 (the VS Code extension) for MySQL.

In 26.10.0.2

• No more "Failed to remove temporary directory" warning when you open Modern MySQL Workbench.

In 26.10.0.1

• Version numbers that match MySQL Workbench.
• New shortcut icon: your own MySQL Workbench icon with a small notebook badge in the corner, made on your PC when you install.
• Version guard: if a Workbench update changes the parts the plugin builds on, the plugin turns itself off cleanly and asks you to update it.

Features

Notebook cells, Run All, result search, filters, sort, copy and save, charts, {{variables}}, safety confirms, Production and Read-only tags, query timeout, MySQL keywords in capitals as you type, exports (HTML, PDF, Markdown, .sqlnb, .sql), a sample notebook, AI with agent mode (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible API), and a VS Code-style Explorer and Search.

About AI answers

The plugin does not write the SQL; the model you pick in Configure AI does. Use a cloud model, or a local model of 27b to 32b parameters. Small models (4b and below) often write wrong SQL: that is the model, not the plugin. Free API options (OpenRouter, Google Gemini, Groq, NVIDIA NIM) are in the README under "Choosing an AI model".

SHA-256 of Modern-MySQL-Workbench-Setup.exe: a0326aa6c90fbee68fd2f85c0961bba747a0cbb397cca2585927c18ebea4c9b7