Metabase MCP Server

Metabase MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Metabase's business intelligence platform — querying cards and dashboards, executing questions, exploring database metadata, and accessing analytics data from Metabase's self-hosted or cloud instances.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent

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⚙ Agent Friendliness

/ 100

Can an agent use this?

🔒 Security

/ 100

Is it safe for agents?

⚡ Reliability

/ 100

Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality

Documentation

Error Messages

Auth Simplicity

Rate Limits

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement

Auth Strength

Scope Granularity

Dep. Hygiene

Secret Handling

HTTPS configurable. Session auth. No scope granularity. Self-hosted security is operator responsibility.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA

Version Stability

Breaking Changes

Error Recovery

Best When

An agent needs to query business intelligence data from a Metabase instance — especially for self-hosted BI environments.

Avoid When

You're using Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or another BI platform.

Use Cases

• Running Metabase queries from analytics reporting agents
• Fetching dashboard data for business intelligence agents
• Exploring database schema through Metabase's metadata from data agents
• Generating ad-hoc analytics reports from question-answering agents
• Embedding Metabase analytics in agent-driven workflows
• Monitoring key business metrics from automated reporting agents

Not For

• Teams using Looker, Tableau, or Power BI as their BI tool
• Real-time streaming analytics (Metabase is query-based)
• Teams without Metabase instance

Interface

REST API

Yes

GraphQL

gRPC

MCP Server

Yes ↗

SDK

Webhooks

OpenAPI Spec ↗

Authentication

Methods: session_token api_key

OAuth: No Scopes: No

Metabase session tokens from username/password login. API keys available in newer versions (0.46+). No scope granularity.

Pricing

Model: freemium

Free tier: Yes

Requires CC: No

Metabase Open Source is free and self-hosted. Metabase Cloud and Pro add enterprise features. MCP server is community open source.

Agent Metadata

Pagination

offset

Idempotent

Full

Retry Guidance

Not documented

Known Gotchas

⚠ Session tokens expire — agents must handle re-authentication
⚠ Question/card IDs must be known before querying — discovery step needed
⚠ API key support added in Metabase 0.46 — older versions use session auth only
⚠ Database IDs are instance-specific — not transferable between Metabase instances
⚠ Query results can be large — agents should limit result sets
⚠ Metabase API is not officially versioned — may change between releases

Alternatives

tableau-mcp-server powerbi-mcp-server looker-mcp

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.