diff --git a/registry/db.go b/registry/db.go
index f4aa12e5..bac6f8d9 100644
--- a/registry/db.go
+++ b/registry/db.go
@@ -57,3 +57,14 @@ func (db *DB) Drop() error {
 	db.Close()
 	return os.Remove(db.path)
 }
+
+// Conn returns the underlying *sql.DB for callers that need raw SQL access
+// (e.g. registry_mcp for aggregations not covered by Search/Get helpers).
+func (db *DB) Conn() *sql.DB {
+	return db.conn
+}
+
+// Path returns the filesystem path of the database file.
+func (db *DB) Path() string {
+	return db.path
+}