Alation Agent SDK
If you already use Alation, the alation mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Alation Agent SDK.
The Alation AI Agent SDK enables AI agents to access and leverage metadata from the Alation Data Catalog.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverStreaming — All tools now support a streaming option. Primarily this benefits our local MCP server in http mode. If your MCP clients support streaming you shouldGeneral — The General tool exposed by this serverLangChain — The LangChain tool exposed by this serverInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at alation-ai-agent-sdk on PyPI and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Configuration is passed through the environment: ALATION_ENABLED_TOOLS. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Alation's toolset — Prerequisites, Installation, Streaming and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
| Streaming | All tools now support a streaming option. Primarily this benefits our local MCP server in http mode. If your MCP clients support streaming you should now see some of the internal processing of tools and agents to give yo |
| General | The General tool exposed by this server. |
| LangChain | The LangChain tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"alation-ai-agent-sdk": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["alation-ai-agent-sdk"],
"env": {
"ALATION_ENABLED_TOOLS": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ALATION_ENABLED_TOOLS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Microsoft's official browser automation server — drive a real browser through the accessibility tree, no screenshots needed.
GitHub's official server — repos, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, straight from your assistant.
Issue tracking at the speed of conversation — Linear's official hosted server with OAuth and zero install.
Local repository surgery — status, diffs, commits, branches and history for any repo on disk.
Timezone sanity for AI — current time anywhere and correct conversions, without the model doing date math.