Use Metabase with AI via MCP
Metabase is the low-threshold analytics surface for everyone who does not write SQL. Since Metabase 61 (May 2026) the platform ships an MCP server of its own, reachable on your instance. CompanyGPT uses it to access saved questions and dashboards – with exactly the permissions of the signed-in user.
What is Metabase?
Metabase is a business intelligence tool that lets teams query databases, save results as questions and arrange them into dashboards. The design is deliberately approachable: analyses are built through a graphical interface, and SQL is possible but not a prerequisite. Metabase can be used as a hosted service or run entirely on your own infrastructure – the latter being one reason for its adoption in privacy-sensitive environments.
For AI agents, Metabase is attractive because curated analyses already live there. An agent does not have to guess at database structures; it can work from saved questions and the models behind them. That keeps answers closer to the definitions the organization has already agreed on internally.
Connection at a Glance
- MCP server
- Official, built in since Metabase 61 (05/2026)
- Endpoint
- {instance}/api/metabase-mcp
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP
- Authentication
- OAuth of your own Metabase instance
- Operating model
- Hosted or self-operated
- Permissions
- Match the user's permissions in Metabase
How to Connect Metabase to CompanyGPT
Since Metabase 61 (May 2026), an MCP server is built directly into Metabase. It is not installed separately but exposed by your own instance under the path {instance}/api/metabase-mcp. This applies to hosted and self-operated installations alike. Versions 62 and 63 added further tools and auditing.
Sign-in runs through the OAuth mechanism of your Metabase instance. As a result, access matches each user’s own permissions. Collections, questions or databases a person is not entitled to in Metabase stay invisible to the agent as well. No separate permission model is introduced.
The prerequisite is that your instance runs a suitable version and is reachable from the CompanyGPT environment. For internally operated installations we align the network setup with your IT. Your administrators then assign the integration in CompanyGPT by role and group.
Typical Use Cases
How AI agents in CompanyGPT work with Metabase
Retrieve saved questions
Marketing asks how sign-ups are developing and gets the answer from an already defined Metabase question – without opening the interface.
Put dashboards in context
Ahead of the weekly review, the agent summarizes which values in a dashboard have moved and which metrics fall outside the usual range.
Rediscover existing analyses
New team members can see which collections and questions exist for a topic instead of clicking through the folder structure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Metabase and AI – the most important answers
Does an additional MCP server have to be installed?
No. Since Metabase 61 the MCP server is part of the application and reachable on your instance. No further software is added.
Which Metabase version is required?
Metabase 61 or newer. If your instance runs an older release, an update is the prerequisite for the connection. Versions 62 and 63 add further tools and auditing.
Does the AI see every analysis in the company?
No. The signed-in user's permissions apply. Collections and databases without a grant remain inaccessible through the integration too.
Does this also work with a self-operated instance?
Yes. The built-in MCP server is available regardless of operating model. For internally hosted installations we clarify reachability from the CompanyGPT environment together with your IT.
Where does the queried data flow?
CompanyGPT runs in your own cloud tenant and talks directly to your Metabase instance. No further service provider is involved in the connection.
Metabase and Your AI – GDPR-Compliant with CompanyGPT
CompanyGPT is the enterprise AI assistant in your own cloud tenant: all relevant AI models, your company data and integrations like Metabase – centrally managed, with roles and permissions. We set up the connection together with you.
Metabase is a trademark of its respective owner (Metabase). Its mention describes compatibility and does not imply any partnership or endorsement. Availability and scope of the connection depend on the respective vendor.