Powerdrill
About
An MCP server that provides tools to interact with Powerdrill datasets, enabling smart AI data analysis and insights.
Details
- Author
- powerdrillai
- GitHub stars
- 13
- Downloads
- 338
- Categories
- Developer Tools, Database, Other, AI
Jump to
- Authenticate using Powerdrill User ID and Project API Key
- List available datasets in your Powerdrill account
- Get detailed information about specific datasets
- Create and run jobs on datasets with natural language questions
- Group related jobs into sessions
- List data sources within a dataset
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
PowerdrillCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install via npm (npm install -g @powerdrillai/powerdrill-mcp or npx -y @powerdrillai/powerdrill-mcp@latest) or through Smithery. Set the environment variables POWERDRILL_USER_ID and POWERDRILL_PROJECT_API_KEY (or use a .env file), then start the server with powerdrill-mcp or npm start. Integrate with MCP‑compatible clients like Claude Desktop or Cursor by adding the server configuration (recommended npx method) in the client’s settings.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"powerdrill": {
"powerdrill": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@powerdrillai/powerdrill-mcp@latest"
],
"env": {
"POWERDRILL_USER_ID": "<YOUR_POWERDRILL_USER_ID>",
"POWERDRILL_PROJECT_API_KEY": "YOUR_POWERDRILL_PROJECT_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"powerdrill": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@powerdrillai/powerdrill-mcp@latest"
],
"env": {
"POWERDRILL_USER_ID": "<YOUR_POWERDRILL_USER_ID>",
"POWERDRILL_PROJECT_API_KEY": "YOUR_POWERDRILL_PROJECT_API_KEY"
}
}
}
Powerdrill MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools to interact with Powerdrill datasets, authenticated with Powerdrill User ID and Project API Key.
Please go to https://chat.powerdrill.ai/ for AI data analysis individually or use with your Team.
If you have the Powerdrill User ID and Project API Key of your Team, you can manipulate the data via Powerdrill open sourced web clients:
- Node.js edtion: https://flow.powerdrill.ai/, or play with the open source web client https://github.com/powerdrillai/powerdrill-flow.
- Python edtion: https://powerdrill-flow.streamlit.app/, or play with the open source web client https://github.com/powerdrillai/powerdrill-flow-streamlit.
Features
- Authenticate with Powerdrill using User ID and Project API Key
- List available datasets in your Powerdrill account
- Get detailed information about specific datasets
- Create and run jobs on datasets with natural language questions
- Integration with Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install powerdrill-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @powerdrillai/powerdrill-mcp --client claude
From npm
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