Tableau's official MCP server helps AI agents discover and query Tableau published data sources and work with workbooks and views. Tableau Cloud customers can use a hosted version, while the self-hosted server runs via npx and authenticates to Tableau Server or Cloud with a personal access token.
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- 1Add the server to Codex
codex mcp add tableau --env SERVER=YOUR_SERVER --env SITE_NAME=YOUR_SITE_NAME --env PAT_NAME=YOUR_PAT_NAME --env PAT_VALUE=YOUR_PAT_VALUE -- npx -y @tableau/mcp-server@latest
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Things to ask
- “Which data sources on our Tableau site mention revenue?”
- “Query the Superstore data source for sales by region this year”
- “Show me the views in the Executive KPIs workbook”
- “What fields are available in the Customer Churn data source?”