data.world MCP server for AI assistants
About the data.world MCP server
The data.world MCP server connects your data.world catalog to AI assistants such as Claude, Cursor, and VS Code Copilot. You can search your catalog, look up assets, and update catalog content using natural language—without leaving your AI assistant.
The server is hosted by data.world and uses your data.world credentials, so it works with your existing catalog and respects the permissions you already have.MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to external tools and data. When you add the data.world MCP server to your AI assistant, the assistant can read from and write to your catalog on your behalf. You add the connection once in your AI client, authenticate with your data.world credentials, and then work with your catalog through natural language.
All interaction happens inside your AI client. There is no separate data.world interface for the MCP server.
What you can and can't do with the MCP server
Use the MCP server to:
Important
All action happens inside the AI client. There is no separate data.world interface for the MCP server.
Search and explore your catalog:
Search for assets, glossary terms, and other resources using natural language.
Look up an asset or glossary term to see its definition, steward, domain, status, and properties.
Explore relationships between catalog resources.
Update and enrich your catalog:
Edit metadata on a resource, including descriptions, tags, and custom properties.
Create new resources.
Create or update multiple resources at once.
Delete properties from a resource.
Manage relationships between assets.
The MCP server does not allow:
Suggesting changes to the catalog.
Running governance automations.
Managing or update datasets and projects.
Managing access or users.
Permissions and security
The MCP server uses your data.world credentials and enforces your existing permissions. Every tool runs under your own identity—the server never escalates access. An action succeeds only if your role already permits it on that resource. Any action you take through your AI assistant—reading, creating, updating, or deleting—follows the same roles and access controls as data.world itself.
Before you begin
You'll need:
A data.world account with access to your organization's catalog.
An MCP-compatible AI client, such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code Copilot.
Permission from your IT team to add an external MCP server, if your organization requires it.
Terms of use
You and your users agree that you are solely responsible and liable for the use of the data.world MCP server, including the secure management of authentication credentials, the data exchanged through any integrated systems, the resulting data from your use of the data.world MCP server, and for any claim by any third party arising out of such use or distribution of such exchanged or resulting data against data.world. Furthermore, you agree that you will not engage in or facilitate any action or generate any content using the data.world MCP server that infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any third-party rights, including the content and results of any products or services using the data.world MCP server.