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DimensionTableau MCP ServerTableau's official MCP Server, helping agents see and understand data.DBHubBytebase's official, minimalist two-tool database MCP server
FMRS57 / 100 · C74 / 100 · B
Reliability8 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions10 / 2013 / 20
Maintenance14 / 2016 / 20
Documentation13 / 2015 / 20
Setup experience12 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Teams on Tableau Cloud that want a quick managed OAuth-based setup
  • Tableau Server customers who need self-hosted infrastructure
  • Developers building AI applications that integrate with Tableau
  • 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 Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server environment or license
  • Scenarios that only need static report exports without agent interaction
  • Local environments that cannot meet the Node.js 22.7.5 or later requirement (self-hosted option)
  • 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 the Tableau site and data (configured for self-hosting via SERVER, SITE_NAME, PAT_NAME, PAT_VALUE)
  • OAuth 2.1 sign-in with the user's own Tableau Cloud identity under the hosted service, inheriting existing per-user permissions
  • Read access to Tableau content to support data queries, content exploration, and view inspection
  • 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
  • Leaked PAT credentials (PAT_NAME, PAT_VALUE) could allow unauthorized Tableau access, so they must be kept secure
  • The data an agent can read is bounded by the signed-in identity's permissions, but sensitive data the user can access may still be exposed
  • The self-hosted option requires maintaining your own runtime and security updates
  • Using the hosted service means Tableau content is processed through https://mcp.tableau.com
  • 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, ChatGPT, SlackClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Zed
Tools02