# Does Looker have an MCP server?

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

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Built into the product — Ships inside the vendor's own app or CLI rather than as a standalone download.
- Endpoint: `<looker-instance>/mcp — per-instance endpoint`
- 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: [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)

## 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

- **In-product:** <looker-instance>/mcp — per-instance endpoint — ships inside Looker's own product rather than as a standalone server. Documented at <https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/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

Ships inside the vendor's own app or CLI rather than as a standalone download.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add looker -- npx -y <package-from-readme>
```

Swap in the exact package and flags from the repo README — most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable. Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

Open **Settings → Developer → Edit Config** and add the server to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "looker": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Cursor

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

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "looker": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

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

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "looker": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

ChatGPT connects to **remote servers only**, and this one runs on your machine. Either expose it through an MCP gateway that gives it a public URL, or use a client with native local support (Claude or Cursor).

## How we know

Google Cloud documents a Looker-managed MCP server built into each Looker instance at <instance>/mcp (OAuth 2.1, in preview). Google's open-source MCP Toolbox, googleapis/mcp-toolbox, also ships a Looker integration for self-hosted use.

- 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)
- [Metabase](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/metabase.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Amplitude](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/amplitude.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Apache Kafka](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/kafka.md) — Community only (Sort of)

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