feat(community/tools): add strands-sql — multi-dialect SQL tool for Strands Agents

[NithiN-1808]

Background

This tool was originally submitted as a PR to strands-agents/tools (#420).
The maintainer @mkmeral suggested publishing it as a standalone community package instead,
which is what this PR adds documentation for.

Summary

Adds strands-sql to the community tools documentation — a general-purpose SQL tool for Strands Agents with multi-dialect support via SQLAlchemy.

What is strands-sql?

strands-sql lets agents interact with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite) through a single unified tool. It supports schema discovery, table inspection, and safe query execution out of the box.

Key Features

• Multi-dialect support: PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite via SQLAlchemy
• Safe by default: read-only mode, row limits, query timeouts
• Table allowlist/blocklist for access control
• Multiple output formats: Markdown (great for LLMs) and JSON
• Actions: list_tables, describe_table, schema_summary, query, execute

Links

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/strands-sql/
• GitHub: https://github.com/NithiN-1808/strands-sql

Changes

• Added src/content/docs/community/tools/strands-sql.mdx
• Updated src/config/navigation.yml to include strands-sql under Community > Tools

[mkmeral]

/strands review

[mkmeral]

The description section in the mdx requires title, causing CI failure. Can you fix the failures, and update the PR? Afterwards, it looks good to merge

[NithiN-1808]

@mkmeral Fixed — added title.

[github-actions]

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Updated at: 2026-04-11T16:00:00.225Z

[agent-of-mkmeral]

Hey @NithiN-1808 — thanks for this contribution! The docs page looks great. One thing we noticed: the frontmatter in strands-sql.mdx is missing a few fields required for the page to appear in the community packages catalog. Without these, the page won't be auto-discovered.

📝 Recommended frontmatter update

Update the frontmatter in src/content/docs/community/tools/strands-sql.mdx from:

---
title: strands-sql
project:
  pypi: https://pypi.org/project/strands-sql/
  github: https://github.com/NithiN-1808/strands-sql
  maintainer: NithiN-1808
service:
  name: SQLAlchemy
  link: https://www.sqlalchemy.org/
---

To:

---
title: strands-sql
project:
  pypi: https://pypi.org/project/strands-sql/
  github: https://github.com/NithiN-1808/strands-sql
  maintainer: NithiN-1808
service:
  name: SQLAlchemy
  link: https://www.sqlalchemy.org/
community: true
description: SQL database tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite
integrationType: tool
languages: Python
sidebar:
  label: "sql"
---

The key additions are:

• community: true — marks it as a community package for catalog discovery
• integrationType: tool — categorizes it under the Tools table
• description — shown in the catalog Description column
• languages: Python — drives the Python/TypeScript checkmarks
• sidebar.label — controls the sidebar display name

Without these, the getIntegrationEntries(allDocs, 'tool', true) call in community-packages.mdx won't find the page. You can check existing community tool pages like strands-deepgram.mdx for reference.

[mkmeral]

With the deployed version, I saw one issue. It seems like the tool is not displayed on community packages index

https://d3ehv1nix5p99z.cloudfront.net/pr-cms-751/docs/community/community-packages/

Can you also add these? It will allow the tool to be discovered and displayed in the table

📝 Recommended frontmatter update

Update the frontmatter in src/content/docs/community/tools/strands-sql.mdx from:

---
title: strands-sql
project:
  pypi: https://pypi.org/project/strands-sql/
  github: https://github.com/NithiN-1808/strands-sql
  maintainer: NithiN-1808
service:
  name: SQLAlchemy
  link: https://www.sqlalchemy.org/
---

To:

---
title: strands-sql
project:
  pypi: https://pypi.org/project/strands-sql/
  github: https://github.com/NithiN-1808/strands-sql
  maintainer: NithiN-1808
service:
  name: SQLAlchemy
  link: https://www.sqlalchemy.org/
community: true
description: SQL database tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite
integrationType: tool
languages: Python
sidebar:
  label: "sql"
---

The key additions are:

• community: true — marks it as a community package for catalog discovery
• integrationType: tool — categorizes it under the Tools table
• description — shown in the catalog Description column
• languages: Python — drives the Python/TypeScript checkmarks
• sidebar.label — controls the sidebar display name

[NithiN-1808]

@mkmeral Fixed — added the missing frontmatter fields (community, integrationType, languages, sidebar.label) to match the catalog schema. Force-pushed to the same branch.

[mkmeral]

perfect! merged the change now. Thank you for your contribution :)