Metabase AI Assistant runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 56 installs a week from npm. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.
MCP Server for Metabase - 111 tools for SQL generation, dashboards & PostgreSQL
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Metabase AI Assistant every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add metabase-ai-assistant -e 'METABASE_URL=<METABASE_URL>' -- npx -y metabase-ai-assistant{
"mcpServers": {
"metabase-ai-assistant": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"metabase-ai-assistant"
],
"env": {
"METABASE_URL": "<METABASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.metabase-ai-assistant]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "metabase-ai-assistant"]
env = { METABASE_URL = "<METABASE_URL>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"metabase-ai-assistant": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"metabase-ai-assistant"
],
"env": {
"METABASE_URL": "<METABASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"metabase-ai-assistant": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"metabase-ai-assistant"
],
"env": {
"METABASE_URL": "<METABASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<METABASE_URL> (Metabase instance URL (e.g., http://localhost:3000)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
METABASE_USERNAME (Metabase username for authentication), METABASE_PASSWORD (Metabase password for authentication), METABASE_API_KEY (Metabase API key (alternative to username/password)), DATABASE_HOST (PostgreSQL database host for direct SQL execution), DATABASE_PORT (PostgreSQL database port), DATABASE_NAME (PostgreSQL database name), DATABASE_USER (PostgreSQL database user), DATABASE_PASSWORD (PostgreSQL database password).
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