{"id":"cdatasoftware-quickbase-mcp-server-by-cdata","name":"quickbase-mcp-server-by-cdata","af_score":49.8,"security_score":49.0,"reliability_score":18.8,"what_it_does":"Provides a local, read-only MCP server that exposes Quickbase data as relational tables using the CData JDBC Driver for Quickbase. It runs as a stdio-based MCP server (intended for local clients like Claude Desktop) and offers tools to list tables/columns and run SQL SELECT queries via JSON-RPC tool calls.","best_when":"You want a locally running MCP integration that lets an MCP client query Quickbase through a SQL-like interface provided by CData’s JDBC driver.","avoid_when":"You need multi-tenant or remotely accessible service deployment, strong documented error semantics, or fine-grained per-user authorization controls at the MCP layer.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:59:35.409126+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["CData JDBC Driver licensing step for the driver runtime (java -jar ... --license)","Quickbase connection authentication handled by the CData JDBC Driver connection string (including OAuth flows if required by the datasource)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Server is stdio-only, so it must run on the same machine as the MCP client.","Only read-only tools are documented (get_tables, get_columns, run_query). Requests expecting write/update/delete will fail or be unsupported.","The tools accept SQL via run_query; agents may generate overly broad/slow SELECTs unless constrained.","Large result sets may be expensive/slow; README does not describe any paging/limits behavior for run_query outputs."],"error_quality":0.0}