# Does Tableau have an MCP server?

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

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Remote server — Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
- Endpoint: `https://mcp.tableau.com`
- Repository: [tableau/tableau-mcp](https://github.com/tableau/tableau-mcp) — ★ 320, last push 2026-08-11, Apache-2.0
- Maintainer: Tableau
- Language: TypeScript
- Category: [Data Platforms](https://mcpyet.com/category/data-platforms/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-08-10
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-08-11 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> Tableau's official MCP Server. Helping agents see and understand data.
> — how [tableau/tableau-mcp](https://github.com/tableau/tableau-mcp) describes itself

Project site: <https://tableau.github.io/tableau-mcp/>

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://mcp.tableau.com` — a remote server run by Tableau itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://github.com/tableau/tableau-mcp>.
- **Official repository:** [tableau/tableau-mcp](https://github.com/tableau/tableau-mcp) — ★ 320, pushed 2026-08-11, Apache-2.0 (active)

## 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 tableau https://mcp.tableau.com
```

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.tableau.com`
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": {
    "tableau": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tableau.com"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

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

### ChatGPT

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

## How we know

tableau/tableau-mcp is Tableau's official server (active), with docs at tableau.github.io/tableau-mcp and a Salesforce-managed hosted service at mcp.tableau.com (OAuth 2.1).

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-08-10.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/tableau/ — data refreshed 2026-08-11