Atlan MCP Server

Official MCP Server from Atlan which enables you to bring the power of metadata to your AI tools

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What is the Atlan MCP server?

If you want an AI assistant working directly with Atlan, the atlan mcp server is the bridge. Official MCP Server from Atlan which enables you to bring the power of metadata to your AI tools.

What Atlan does

This repository contains a collection of tools and protocols for interacting with Atlan services for AI agents. Each component is designed to provide specific functionality and can be used independently or together.

Tools it exposes

Once connected, the assistant can call these 3 tools directly:

  • Search — AI-powered semantic search across data assets
  • Lineage — Trace data flow upstream and downstream
  • Governance — Manage glossaries, terms, certifications

Installing the atlan mcp server

The server is distributed via PyPI as atlan-mcp-server, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Atlan sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Search, Lineage, Governance — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This is a hosted server — you point your client at an endpoint rather than running a local process, so there is nothing to keep updated on your machine.
  • Written in Python.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the atlan mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
SearchAI-powered semantic search across data assets
LineageTrace data flow upstream and downstream
GovernanceManage glossaries, terms, certifications

How to install the Atlan MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-toolkit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["atlan-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Atlan to Search.
  • Use Atlan to Lineage.
  • Use Atlan to Governance.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Atlan to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 3 tools (Search, Lineage, Governance) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Atlan directly.