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DimensionRedash MCP ServerConnect AI assistants to Redash for data queries and dashboard management.DBHubBytebase's official, minimalist two-tool database MCP server
FMRS49 / 100 · D74 / 100 · B
Reliability8 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions7 / 2013 / 20
Maintenance7 / 2016 / 20
Documentation14 / 2015 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Teams that already operate Redash and want MCP access to its analytics features.
  • MCP clients requiring query execution, schema discovery, and dashboard management.
  • Operators who need OpenTelemetry visibility into MCP and Redash requests.
  • Scenarios wanting the smallest possible tool count and lowest context-window overhead for database access
  • Cases needing to grant non-technical teammates safe, read-only database access
Not for
  • Users without a Redash instance or API key.
  • Use cases requiring direct database access without the Redash API.
  • Deployments that would expose the HTTP listener directly to the internet.
  • Scenarios needing database administration operations (creating indexes, altering schema) rather than just querying (DBHub is positioned as a query tool, not a DBA management tool)
Required permissions
  • Access to a Redash instance is required.
  • REDASH_API_KEY is required; the server manages the Authorization header using the Key scheme.
  • Depending on the tools used, the API key may permit reading, creating, updating, or archiving queries and managing dashboards and visualizations.
  • Requires a database connection string (DSN), which may contain sensitive credentials
  • execute_sql can run arbitrary SQL (including writes) by default — must be constrained via read-only mode or the underlying database account's own permissions
Risks and side effects
  • Query results, SQL, descriptions, visualizations, and CSV data may contain sensitive business information.
  • When OTel message-content capture is enabled, query arguments, results, and error content may be sent to telemetry backends.
  • HTTP Host and Origin allowlists do not authenticate MCP clients; run the server behind an authenticated gateway or reverse proxy.
  • Archiving is a soft delete, while visualization deletion and query, layout, or parameter updates still modify Redash state.
  • Under default settings, if the connected database account has write access, execute_sql could let the assistant perform an unintended write or delete — pair with a read-only database account in production
  • The DSN contains a plaintext password — pay attention to the access permissions on wherever the config is stored
Supported clientsClaude DesktopClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Zed
Tools272