Metabase MCP Server
Metabase MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Metabase — the popular open-source business intelligence and analytics platform. Enables running questions and queries, reading dashboard data, accessing collections and metrics, and integrating Metabase's analytics capabilities into AI-driven business reporting and data exploration workflows.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Session or API key auth. Business data — potentially sensitive. HTTPS. Limit agent access to required dashboards/collections. Metabase permission groups.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
A team using Metabase for business analytics needs AI assistance with data querying and reporting — running questions, accessing dashboards, and generating insights from business data.
Avoid When
Your BI platform is Tableau, Looker, Power BI, or you prefer direct SQL over Metabase's abstraction layer.
Use Cases
- • Running Metabase questions and SQL queries from business analytics agents
- • Reading dashboard metrics and KPIs from reporting agents
- • Querying Metabase collections for business data from research agents
- • Generating business reports from Metabase data from executive briefing agents
- • Exploring business data through Metabase's model layer from discovery agents
- • Monitoring key business metrics from alert agents
Not For
- • Teams not using Metabase (use Tableau, Looker, or Power BI MCPs for other BI tools)
- • Real-time streaming analytics (Metabase is query-pull analytics)
- • Direct database access without Metabase model layer
Interface
Authentication
Metabase session token (via username/password auth) or API key. Configure METABASE_URL, METABASE_USERNAME, METABASE_PASSWORD or API token. Session tokens expire — implement refresh. API keys available in Enterprise.
Pricing
Metabase OSS is free. Cloud starter is free. MCP server is free. API key auth requires Metabase Pro or Enterprise.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Metabase session tokens expire — implement token refresh for long-running agent sessions
- ⚠ OSS Metabase doesn't have API keys — use session auth; Pro/Enterprise have API keys
- ⚠ Question/dashboard IDs are opaque integers — agents must discover them through search or listing
- ⚠ Complex Metabase questions may have slow underlying SQL — agent should handle query timeouts
- ⚠ Business data in Metabase can be sensitive — ensure agent has appropriate data access permissions
- ⚠ Community MCP — Metabase API changes between versions; verify API compatibility
Alternatives
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.