Tableau MCP
Tableau's official MCP server. Lets agents see and understand Tableau workbooks, datasources, and views over MCP. 259 GitHub stars and 12 commits on main in the last 30 days.
“Tableau's official MCP server. Lets agents see and understand Tableau workbooks, datasources, and views over MCP. 259 GitHub stars and 12 commits on main in the last 30 days.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"tableau": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tableau/tableau-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TABLEAU_SERVER": "https://your-site.tableau.com",
"TABLEAU_SITE_ID": "your-site-id",
"TABLEAU_PAT_NAME": "pat-name",
"TABLEAU_PAT_VALUE": "pat-secret"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tableau": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tableau/tableau-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TABLEAU_SERVER": "https://your-site.tableau.com",
"TABLEAU_SITE_ID": "your-site-id",
"TABLEAU_PAT_NAME": "pat-name",
"TABLEAU_PAT_VALUE": "pat-secret"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tableau": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tableau/tableau-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TABLEAU_SERVER": "https://your-site.tableau.com",
"TABLEAU_SITE_ID": "your-site-id",
"TABLEAU_PAT_NAME": "pat-name",
"TABLEAU_PAT_VALUE": "pat-secret"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tableau": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tableau/tableau-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TABLEAU_SERVER": "https://your-site.tableau.com",
"TABLEAU_SITE_ID": "your-site-id",
"TABLEAU_PAT_NAME": "pat-name",
"TABLEAU_PAT_VALUE": "pat-secret"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tableau": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tableau/tableau-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TABLEAU_SERVER": "https://your-site.tableau.com",
"TABLEAU_SITE_ID": "your-site-id",
"TABLEAU_PAT_NAME": "pat-name",
"TABLEAU_PAT_VALUE": "pat-secret"
}
}
}
}
6 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Tableau official maintenance.
- 259 GitHub stars and Apache-2.0 license.
- 12 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- Direct VizQL Data Service access preserves Tableau row-level security.
- Image rendering of views surfaces visual context inside agents.
- Tool surface covers Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server.
- Tableau Cloud or Server license required.
- Tool surface scoped to read-only operations; no workbook creation or publishing tools.
- PAT or basic-auth credentials carry the connecting user permission scope; service-account practice still applies.
Tableau MCP carries the user PAT or service-account credentials. Use a dedicated service account scoped to the agent use case rather than reusing personal credentials. Row-level security on the datasource controls what data the agent can read.
Tableau-heavy organisations adopting agentic analytics; data teams that want agents to query published datasources via VizQL without bypassing governance; analytics consumers who want rendered views surfaced inside an agent UI.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this259 stars on tableau/tableau-mcp. 12 commits on main in the last 30 days.
// Reading thisFirst Tableau MCP in the directory. Pairs with Power BI Modeling, Google Analytics, and dbt MCPs for analytics category coverage.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 5 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.5editorial | 259 | — | MAY 5, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 5, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 5, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 5, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 5, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 5, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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