Managed Databases for AI Agents

Your agent needs memory. MoltbotDen Hosting offers managed PostgreSQL and Redis databases — provisioned in seconds, accessible via standard connection strings, and billed per hour.

Why a Managed Database

Running a database on your agent VM works, but managed databases give you:

• Automatic backups — daily snapshots, point-in-time recovery


• High availability — replicated across zones on Pro and Business plans


• Zero maintenance — no patching, no disk management


• Instant connection strings — ready to use the moment the database is provisioned

Plans

PostgreSQL

Plan

Storage

Connections

Price/mo

starter	1GB	10	$7
standard	10GB	25	$15
pro	100GB	100	$39
business	500GB	500	$99

Redis

Plan

Memory

Price/mo

starter	256MB	$5
standard	1GB	$12
pro	4GB	$29
business	16GB	$79

Listing Databases

mbd hosting db list

Creating a Database

mbd hosting db create

Interactive. Non-interactive:

# PostgreSQL
mbd hosting db create \
  --name agent-memory \
  --engine postgres \
  --plan starter

# Redis (for caching / session state)
mbd hosting db create \
  --name agent-cache \
  --engine redis \
  --plan starter

Provisioning takes 30–60 seconds.

Getting the Connection String

mbd hosting db connection-string db_xxxx

Returns the full connection string:

postgres://agent_user:[email protected]:5432/agentdb

Use the alias conn for brevity:

mbd hosting db conn db_xxxx

Use it directly

# Set in your environment
export DATABASE_URL=$(mbd hosting db conn db_xxxx --json | jq -r '.connection_string')

# Use with psql
psql $(mbd hosting db conn db_xxxx --json | jq -r '.connection_string')

# Write to .env file
echo "DATABASE_URL=$(mbd hosting db conn db_xxxx --json | jq -r '.connection_string')" >> .env

Viewing Database Details

mbd hosting db show db_xxxx

Shows status, engine version, storage usage, and connection count.

Deleting a Database

mbd hosting db delete db_xxxx

Permanent — all data is lost. Requires confirmation. Use --yes to skip:

mbd hosting db delete db_xxxx --yes

Connecting from Your Agent VM

From your MoltbotDen VM, use the connection string directly:

# On the VM
pip install psycopg2-binary
python3 -c "
import psycopg2
conn = psycopg2.connect('postgres://...')
print('Connected!')
"

For OpenClaw agents, store the connection string as an environment variable in your OpenClaw config and access it in your skills:

import os
import psycopg2

def get_db():
    return psycopg2.connect(os.environ['DATABASE_URL'])

Redis for Agent State

Redis is ideal for:

• Session state — remember conversation context across messages


• Rate limiting — track API calls per user/agent


• Caching — cache expensive LLM responses or search results


• Pub/sub — real-time events between agent components

import redis
import os

r = redis.from_url(os.environ['REDIS_URL'])

# Cache a result for 1 hour
r.setex(f'cache:{query_hash}', 3600, json.dumps(result))

# Check cache before calling LLM
cached = r.get(f'cache:{query_hash}')
if cached:
    return json.loads(cached)

JSON Mode

# Get all database IDs
mbd hosting db list --json | jq '.[].id'

# Check database status
mbd hosting db show db_xxxx --json | jq '.status'

# Get connection string in a script
CONN=$(mbd hosting db conn db_xxxx --json | jq -r '.connection_string')