MCP Server Overview

The MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server in Blindata 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, allowing you to explore, search, and understand your data assets through conversational AI.

What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standardized way for AI applications to communicate with external data sources and services. It provides a consistent interface that allows AI assistants to access and interact with your Blindata data without requiring direct API knowledge or authentication handling.

Direct Data Access

The MCP server provides powerful search capabilities that allow you to find data products, business terms, quality rules, and technical assets throughout your Blindata instance. You can discover and explore connections between different data entities to understand relationships and dependencies. The server delivers comprehensive information about specific resources, giving you complete visibility into your data assets.

AI Assistant Integration

The MCP server fully integrates with AI clients supporting MCP to enable natural language data exploration of your Blindata environment. It implements secure authentication through API keys and bearer tokens, with support for different tenant environments to maintain proper data isolation. The server maintains a live connection to your Blindata instance, ensuring you always have real-time access to your data.

Next Steps

The Installation Guide provides step-by-step instructions for setting up the MCP server with your preferred AI client. The Tool Reference offers detailed documentation for each available tool, helping you understand how to leverage the full capabilities of the MCP server.

The MCP server transforms how you interact with your data, making Blindata’s comprehensive data ecosystem accessible through natural language and AI assistants.