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Official Alation AI Agent MCP server exposing the enterprise Data Catalog to AI. Natural language search for metadata, contextual retrieval, bulk data fetching, data quality checks, lineage exploration, and SQL query generation.

Tools (11)

Client configuration

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alation": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "alation-ai-agent-mcp@0.12.0",
        "start-alation-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALATION_BASE_URL": "your-alation-base-url-here",
        "ALATION_AUTH_METHOD": "your-alation-auth-method-here",
        "ALATION_REFRESH_TOKEN": "your-alation-refresh-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "alation": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "alation-ai-agent-mcp@0.12.0",
        "start-alation-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALATION_BASE_URL": "your-alation-base-url-here",
        "ALATION_AUTH_METHOD": "your-alation-auth-method-here",
        "ALATION_REFRESH_TOKEN": "your-alation-refresh-token-here"
      },
      "type": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

Replace the placeholders before connecting. Authorize in your client when prompted.

The Cursor JSON also works in Claude Desktop's local MCP configuration. Install the required runtime and local software first.

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Tools (11)

Client configuration

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

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