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lightdash-mcp-server

A MCP(Model Context Protocol) server that accesses to Lightdash.

This server provides MCP-compatible access to Lightdash's API, allowing AI assistants to interact with your Lightdash data through a standardized interface.

Features

Available tools:

```
list_projects
```
- List all projects in the Lightdash organization
```
get_project
```
- Get details of a specific project
```
list_spaces
```
- List all spaces in a project
```
list_charts
```
- List all charts in a project
```
list_dashboards
```
- List all dashboards in a project
```
get_custom_metrics
```
- Get custom metrics for a project
```
get_catalog
```
- Get catalog for a project
```
get_metrics_catalog
```
- Get metrics catalog for a project
```
get_charts_as_code
```
- Get charts as code for a project
```
get_dashboards_as_code
```
- Get dashboards as code for a project

Quick Start

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Lightdash MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install lightdash-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

npm install lightdash-mcp-server

Configuration

```
LIGHTDASH_API_KEY
```
: Your Lightdash PAT
```
LIGHTDASH_API_URL
```
: The API base URL

Usage

Start the MCP server.

Directly:

npx lightdash-mcp-server

Or, run the installed module with node.

Edit your MCP configuration json:

...
    "lightdash": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "lightdash-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LIGHTDASH_API_KEY": "<your PAT>",
        "LIGHTDASH_API_URL": "https://<your base url>"
      }
    },
...