Introducing Semantic Search and MCP Server: AI-Powered Data Discovery

We’re excited to announce the launch of Semantic Search and MCP Server - two powerful new features that bring AI-powered intelligence to your data discovery experience. These additions transform how you find, understand, and interact with your data assets through natural language and seamless AI integration.

🔍 Semantic Search: Beyond Keywords to Meaning

Traditional search finds words, but Semantic Search finds meaning. This revolutionary feature moves beyond literal text matching to interpret your intent, connect business concepts to their technical counterparts, and uncover valuable relationships that keyword searches would miss.

Key Capabilities:

• Natural Language Understanding: Ask questions in plain English like “which datasets track user satisfaction?” and get back relevant results like customer_feedback_scores or nps_ratings, even if your exact words don’t appear anywhere in the metadata.

• Business-Technical Bridge: A cryptically named column like usr_ses_dur_sec can be easily discovered by searching for user session duration, bridging the gap between business terminology and technical implementations.

• Context-Aware Discovery: Understands that “revenue,” “income,” and “sales figures” are conceptually related, helping you discover assets you didn’t even know existed.

• AI-Powered Embeddings: Leverages state-of-the-art OpenAI embedding models (text-embedding-3-small by default) to create rich semantic representations of your data assets.

👉 Explore all search capabilities in our Intelligent Search Features Guide

🤖 MCP Server: Seamless AI Integration

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server enables seamless integration with AI assistants supporting MCP, providing direct access to your business data through natural language queries. This server acts as a bridge between AI tools and Blindata’s comprehensive data ecosystem.

Key Features:

• Universal Search Tool: Find resources across your Blindata instance using natural language queries with support for multiple search modes (Normal, FTS, Semantic, Hybrid).

• Resource Details Access: Retrieve comprehensive metadata and contextual information for specific resources, including relationships, lineage, and governance attributes.

• Relationship Navigation: Explore connections between different data entities to understand dependencies and trace linkages throughout your data ecosystem.

• SaaS-Ready Integration: Available as a ready-to-use solution with support for OAuth authentication, minimizing setup and maintenance overhead.

• Multi-Client Support: Works seamlessly with popular AI clients like Claude Desktop and Cursor, enabling intelligent data discovery right where you work.

Supported AI Clients:

• Claude Desktop: Direct integration with natural language data exploration
• Cursor: Enhanced development experience with data context
• Custom Clients: Flexible integration for bespoke AI applications

👉 Get started with our MCP Server Installation Guide and explore the Tool Reference for detailed capabilities.

🎯 Transform Your Data Discovery Experience

These new features fundamentally transform how you interact with your data catalog:

• Empower Business Users: Analysts can find data using their own terminology without needing to know technical jargon
• Accelerate AI Initiatives: Provide context for AI agents and RAG models to improve accuracy and reduce hallucinations
• Enhance Governance: Maintain security and access control while enabling powerful discovery capabilities
• Bridge Technical Gaps: Connect business language to technical implementations seamlessly

The combination of Semantic Search and MCP Server represents a significant leap forward in intelligent data management, making your data catalog more accessible, intuitive, and powerful for every user, regardless of their technical expertise.

Versions:

• blindata-api v1.160.0
• blindata-ui v1.150.0