What is Tinybird MCP server

The Tinybird MCP server is a tool designed for interacting with Tinybird Workspaces through various Model Context Protocol (MCP) clients. It allows users to run queries, access existing API endpoints, and push data files to Tinybird, enhancing data exploration and analysis functionalities.

Use cases

This server can be utilized for various applications including analyzing metrics such as Bluesky data, as demonstrated in a notable case study, and managing web analytics through an integrated starter kit. Its versatility makes it suitable for developers and analysts seeking to harness Tinybird’s capabilities for different data-driven insights.

How to use

To use the Tinybird MCP server, users must first install it via MCP package managers like Smithery or mcp-get. Following installation, configuration is required to set up the connection with Tinybird using appropriate API credentials in Claude Desktop. Users can then choose between usage in SSE or STDIO mode and start executing commands to interact with their Tinybird workspaces.

Key features

Key features of the Tinybird MCP server include the ability to query Tinybird data sources, retrieve results from APIs, and push data files. It supports various interactions like listing data sources, executing SQL queries, appending insights, and performing data analyses, making it a comprehensive tool for data management.

Where to use

The Tinybird MCP server is ideal for environments where data from Tinybird needs to be accessed and manipulated programmatically, such as data analytics tools, web applications utilizing real-time data insights, and scenarios where developers are building integrations or workflows that leverage Tinybird’s data capabilities.

Tinybird MCP server

An MCP server to interact with a Tinybird Workspace from any MCP client.

Features

• Query Tinybird Data Sources using the Tinybird Query API
• Get the result of existing Tinybird API Endpoints with HTTP requests
• Push Datafiles

It supports both SSE and STDIO modes.

Usage examples

• Bluesky metrics (Claude transcript)
• Web analytics starter kit metrics (video]

Setup

Installation

Using MCP package managers

Smithery

To install Tinybird MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx @smithery/cli install @tinybirdco/mcp-tinybird --client claude

mcp-get

You can install the Tinybird MCP server using mcp-get:

npx @michaellatman/mcp-get@latest install mcp-tinybird

Prerequisites

MCP is still very new and evolving, we recommend following the MCP documentation to get the MCP basics up and running.

You’ll need:

• Tinybird Account & Workspace
• Claude Desktop
• uv

Configuration

1. Configure Claude Desktop

Create the following file depending on your OS:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Paste this template in the file and replace <TINYBIRD_API_URL> and <TINYBIRD_ADMIN_TOKEN> with your Tinybird API URL and Admin Token:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-tinybird": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-tinybird",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TB_API_URL": "<TINYBIRD_API_URL>",
        "TB_ADMIN_TOKEN": "<TINYBIRD_ADMIN_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Restart Claude Desktop

SSE mode

Alternatively, you can run the MCP server in SSE mode by running the following command:

uvx mcp-tinybird sse

This mode is useful to integrate with an MCP client that supports SSE (like a web app).

Prompts

The server provides a single prompt:

• tinybird-default: Assumes you have loaded some data in Tinybird and want help exploring it.
  • Requires a “topic” argument which defines the topic of the data you want to explore, for example, “Bluesky data” or “retail sales”.

You can configure additional prompt workflows:

• Create a prompts Data Source in your workspace with this schema and append your prompts. The MCP loads prompts on initialization so you can configure it to your needs:

SCHEMA >
    `name` String `json:$.name`,
    `description` String `json:$.description`,
    `timestamp` DateTime `json:$.timestamp`,
    `arguments` Array(String) `json:$.arguments[:]`,
    `prompt` String `json:$.prompt`

Tools

The server implements several tools to interact with the Tinybird Workspace:

• list-data-sources: Lists all Data Sources in the Tinybird Workspace
• list-pipes: Lists all Pipe Endpoints in the Tinybird Workspace
• get-data-source: Gets the information of a Data Source given its name, including the schema.
• get-pipe: Gets the information of a Pipe Endpoint given its name, including its nodes and SQL transformation to understand what insights it provides.
• request-pipe-data: Requests data from a Pipe Endpoints via an HTTP request. Pipe endpoints can have parameters to filter the analytical data.
• run-select-query: Allows to run a select query over a Data Source to extract insights.
• append-insight: Adds a new business insight to the memo resource
• llms-tinybird-docs: Contains the whole Tinybird product documentation, so you can use it to get context about what Tinybird is, what it does, API reference and more.
• save-event: This allows to send an event to a Tinybird Data Source. Use it to save a user generated prompt to the prompts Data Source. The MCP server feeds from the prompts Data Source on initialization so the user can instruct the LLM the workflow to follow.
• analyze-pipe: Uses the Tinybird analyze API to run a ClickHouse explain on the Pipe Endpoint query and check if indexes, sorting key, and partition key are being used and propose optimizations suggestions
• push-datafile: Creates a remote Data Source or Pipe in the Tinybird Workspace from a local datafile. Use the Filesystem MCP to save files generated by this MCP server.

Development

Config

If you are working locally add two environment variables to a .env file in the root of the repository:

TB_API_URL=
TB_ADMIN_TOKEN=

For local development, update your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-tinybird_local": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/your/mcp-tinybird",
        "run",
        "mcp-tinybird",
        "stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Building and Publishing

To prepare the package for distribution:

1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:

uv sync

2. Build package distributions:

uv build

This will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.

3. Publish to PyPI:

uv publish

Note: You’ll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:

• Token: --token or UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN
• Or username/password: --username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME and --password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD

Debugging

Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging
experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector.

You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /Users/alrocar/gr/mcp-tinybird run mcp-tinybird

Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.

Monitoring

To monitor the MCP server, you can use any compatible Prometheus client such as Grafana. Learn how to monitor your MCP server here.