# Does BigQuery have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** BigQuery 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://bigquery.googleapis.com/mcp`
- Repository: [googleapis/mcp-toolbox](https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox) — ★ 17k, last push 2026-09-29, Apache-2.0
- Maintainer: Google APIs
- Language: Go
- Category: [Databases](https://mcpyet.com/category/databases/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-09-29
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-09-29 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open source MCP server for databases.
> — how [googleapis/mcp-toolbox](https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox) describes itself

Project site: <https://mcp-toolbox.dev/documentation/introduction/>

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://bigquery.googleapis.com/mcp` — a remote server run by BigQuery itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/use-bigquery-mcp>.
- **Official repository:** [googleapis/mcp-toolbox](https://github.com/googleapis/mcp-toolbox) — ★ 17k, pushed 2026-09-29, 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 bigquery https://bigquery.googleapis.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://bigquery.googleapis.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": {
    "bigquery": {
      "url": "https://bigquery.googleapis.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

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

### ChatGPT

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

## How we know

Google-hosted BigQuery remote MCP server at bigquery.googleapis.com/mcp (execute_sql, metadata tools) documented at docs.cloud.google.com; for local use Google's docs point to its open-source MCP Toolbox for Databases (googleapis/mcp-toolbox, ~16.5k stars).

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

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