metabase-server

metabase-server MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server for Metabase integration.

This is a TypeScript-based MCP server that implements integration with Metabase API. It allows AI assistants to interact with Metabase, providing access to:

• Dashboards, questions/cards, and databases as resources
• Tools for listing and executing Metabase queries
• Ability to view and interact with Metabase data

Features

Resources

• List and access Metabase resources via metabase:// URIs
• Access dashboards, cards/questions, and databases
• JSON content type for structured data access

Tools

• list_dashboards - List all dashboards in Metabase
• list_cards - List all questions/cards in Metabase
• list_databases - List all databases in Metabase
• execute_card - Execute a Metabase question/card and get results
• get_dashboard_cards - Get all cards in a dashboard
• execute_query - Execute a SQL query against a Metabase database

Configuration

Before running the server, you need to set the following environment variables:

# Required environment variables
export METABASE_URL=https://your-metabase-instance.com
export METABASE_USERNAME=your_username
export METABASE_PASSWORD=your_password

You can set these environment variables in your shell profile or use a .env file with a package like dotenv.

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the server:

npm run build

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Installation

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "metabase-server": {
      "command": "/path/to/metabase-server/build/index.js",
      "env": {
        "METABASE_URL": "https://your-metabase-instance.com",
        "METABASE_USERNAME": "your_username",
        "METABASE_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: You can also set these environment variables in your system instead of in the config file if you prefer.

Installing via Smithery

To install metabase-server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @imlewc/metabase-server --client claude

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.