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- **API key and client exposure**
- **Never expose the `service_role` or secret key in public clients.** Prefer publishable keys for frontend code. Legacy `anon` keys are only for compatibility. In Next.js, any `NEXT_PUBLIC_` env var is sent to the browser.
- **Use scoped personal access tokens for the Management API, CLI, and MCP server.** A classic personal access token carries the user's full account access, on every organization and project. For scripts, CI, and agents, have the user create a scoped token limited to the organizations, projects, and permissions the task needs. The [personal access tokens guide](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/platform/personal-access-tokens.md) lists the permission each Management API endpoint and MCP tool requires. Look permissions up there rather than guessing.

- **RLS, views, and privileged database code**
- **Views bypass RLS by default.** In Postgres 15 and above, use `CREATE VIEW ... WITH (security_invoker = true)`. In older versions of Postgres, protect your views by revoking access from the `anon` and `authenticated` roles, or by putting them in an unexposed schema.
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- `supabase db query` requires **CLI v2.79.0+** → use MCP `execute_sql` or `psql` as fallback
- `supabase db advisors` requires **CLI v2.81.3+** → use MCP `get_advisors` as fallback
- The browser flow of `supabase login` creates a classic token with full account access. In CI, set `SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN` to a scoped personal access token instead. It takes precedence over any saved login. Commands that connect with the database password (`--password` or `SUPABASE_DB_PASSWORD`, for example `supabase db push`) aren't limited by the token's permissions.
- In imperative migration projects, create new hand-authored migration files with `supabase migration new <name>` first. Never invent a migration filename or rely on memory for the expected format. Declarative schema projects generate migrations from `supabase/schemas/`; see "Making and Committing Schema Changes" below.

**Version check and upgrade:** Run `supabase --version` to check. For CLI changelogs and version-specific features, consult the [CLI documentation](https://supabase.com/docs/reference/cli/introduction) or [GitHub releases](https://github.com/supabase/cli/releases).
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3. **Authenticate the MCP server:**
If the server is reachable and `.mcp.json` is correct but tools aren't visible, the user needs to authenticate. The Supabase MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 — tell the user to trigger the auth flow in their agent, complete it in the browser, and reload the session.
In CI or other environments where the browser flow can't run, pass a scoped personal access token in the `Authorization: Bearer` header instead.

4. **Check scoped token permissions:**
If a tool fails with "You do not have permission to perform this action" while using a scoped personal access token, the token lacks that tool's permission or the project is outside the token's scope. Check the tool's required permission in the [personal access tokens guide](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/platform/personal-access-tokens.md#mcp-tools).

## Supabase Documentation

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