{"id":"cdatasoftware-apache-cassandra-mcp-server-by-cdata","name":"apache-cassandra-mcp-server-by-cdata","af_score":54.0,"security_score":33.2,"reliability_score":23.8,"what_it_does":"Provides a local, read-only MCP server that wraps the CData JDBC Driver for Apache Cassandra and exposes tools to list tables/columns and run SQL SELECT queries over Cassandra data via Claude Desktop (stdio transport on the same machine).","best_when":"You want an on-device MCP integration for read-only Cassandra analytics/exploration, and you already manage Cassandra credentials/driver licensing on the same host.","avoid_when":"You require robust security boundaries, auditing, and safety controls around query execution; or you need write/update/delete or remote multi-tenant access.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:49:33.137116+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["CData JDBC Driver licensing required (separate step)","Database connection authentication via JDBC connection string embedded in a .prp file (may include OAuth depending on Cassandra connector configuration)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Transport is stdio, so the MCP server must run on the same machine as the client (no remote access).","Tool outputs are returned in CSV format; agents may need to parse CSV carefully.","The MCP interface includes a run_query tool that takes raw SQL SELECT; agents should constrain query size to avoid excessive results/timeouts (no limits are documented)."],"error_quality":0.0}