bigquery-mcp-server MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing Google BigQuery. This server enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to understand BigQuery dataset structures and execute SQL queries.

Local serverstdio

What is the bigquery-mcp-server MCP Server?

bigquery-mcp-server is an MCP project maintained in the takuya0206/bigquery-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing Google BigQuery. This server enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to understand BigQuery dataset structures and execute SQL…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using /path/to/dist/bigquery-mcp-server. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the bigquery-mcp-server MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "BigQuery": {
      "command": "/path/to/dist/bigquery-mcp-server",
      "args": [
        "--project-id",
        "your-project-id",
        "--location",
        "asia-northeast1",
        "--max-results",
        "1000",
        "--max-bytes-billed",
        "500000000000"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "YOUR_GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALSDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation