# Does CData have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** CData maintains an official MCP server.

> The hosted server is CData Connect AI: it queries data sources you have connected in a Connect AI account.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Remote server — Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
- Endpoint: `https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp`
- Category: [Data Platforms](https://mcpyet.com/category/data-platforms/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-09-29
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-09-29 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp` — a remote server run by CData itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://docs.cloud.cdata.com/en/API/MCP>.

## How to connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http cdata https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp
```

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Connectors**
2. Click **Add custom connector**
3. Paste `https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp`
4. Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cdata": {
      "url": "https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "cdata": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

1. Enable **Developer mode** under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
2. Choose **Create** and paste `https://mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp`
3. Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat

## How we know

Published to the MCP Registry under CData's verified namespace com.cdata as CData Connect AI; the endpoint mcp.cloud.cdata.com/mcp is documented at docs.cloud.cdata.com (OAuth or PAT) and answers MCP initialize with 401.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

## Also in Data Platforms

- [Tableau](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/tableau.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Databricks](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/databricks.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Power BI](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/power-bi.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Looker](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/looker.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Metabase](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/metabase.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Amplitude](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/amplitude.md) — Official (Yes)

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/cdata/ — data refreshed 2026-09-29