Settings

To open the DevDb settings, open Settings and search for @ext:damms005.devdb. You can also click the settings icon in the DevDb panel.

All settings

Setting	Type	Default	Scope	Description
Devdb.colorTheme	"light", "dark"	"light"	Any	Color theme of the DevDb panel
Devdb.showDebugInfo	boolean	false	Any	Write debug information to the developer console
Devdb.phpExecutablePath	string	"php"	Machine	Path to the PHP executable for Laravel Artisan commands
Devdb.enableCodeLensForTextSelection	boolean	true	Any	Show CodeLens actions for selected text, for example Explain query
Devdb.showFewerUpdateNotificationActions	boolean	false	Any	Show fewer buttons in the notification after an update
Devdb.customBasePath	string	""	Any	Absolute path for zero-config detection, instead of the workspace root
Devdb.enableMcpServer	boolean	true	Any	Turn the local MCP server on or off
Devdb.mcp.allowWrites	boolean	false	Machine	Let MCP clients run write queries (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DDL). DevDb asks you to confirm each write.

Settings with machine scope apply only from your user settings. A workspace .vscode/settings.json file cannot set them. This stops a project that you open from changing them.

Examples

PHP in a non-standard location

{
  "Devdb.phpExecutablePath": "/opt/homebrew/bin/php"
}

Project in a subfolder

If your Laravel, Rails or Django app is in a subfolder of the workspace:

{
  "Devdb.customBasePath": "/Users/me/projects/monorepo/apps/api"
}

Turn off the MCP server

{
  "Devdb.enableMcpServer": false
}

Keyboard shortcuts

Command	macOS	Windows, Linux
Toggle DevDb panel	Cmd+K Cmd+D	Ctrl+K Ctrl+D
Go to table	Cmd+K Cmd+G	Ctrl+K Ctrl+G

To change a shortcut, open Keyboard Shortcuts and search for devdb.

Commands

Command	Description
Go to Table	Open a table by name
Open table at cursor	Open the table for the word at the cursor
Generate Laravel Factory	Generate a factory for a Laravel model
Explain query	Explain the selected MySQL query
DevDb Pro: Manage License	Enter, check or remove a license

See Editor Features.