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Looker is a Google Cloud business intelligence platform for data exploration and visualization. The Looker MCP server lets you manage dashboards, run queries, explore LookML models, schedule deliveries, and monitor alerts using natural language.

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What Can It Do?

  • Manage dashboards by listing, creating, updating, and deleting dashboards and their elements
  • Work with Looks to create, run, and manage saved queries
  • Run queries inline or from saved definitions, with async task support
  • Explore LookML models and their dimensions, measures, and relationships
  • Schedule deliveries for reports and dashboards
  • Manage alerts for threshold-based notifications
  • Organize content with folders, boards, favorites, and metadata
  • Render dashboards and Looks as downloadable images or PDFs

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Where to Use It

Add Looker as a tool to any agent. The agent can then access your dashboards and analytics conversationally, choosing the right actions based on context. To add an MCP tool to your agent:
  1. Open your agent’s configuration
  2. Click Add tools → Connect an app with MCP
  3. Search for the integration and select it
  4. Authenticate with your account
You can control which tools your agent has access to. After adding an integration, click on it to enable or disable specific tools based on what your agent needs.

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In Workflows (Via Agent Node)

For automated pipelines, use an Agent Node with Looker tools. This gives you the flexibility of an agent within a deterministic workflow.

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As a Custom MCP Node

You can also create a standalone MCP node for a specific action. This generates a reusable node that performs one task, useful when you need the same operation repeatedly in workflows.
To create a custom MCP node:
  1. Go to your node library and search for the integration
  2. Click Create a node with AI
  3. Describe the specific action you want (e.g., “Run the monthly sales dashboard query”)
  4. Test the node and save it for reuse
Custom MCP nodes are single-purpose by design. For tasks that require multiple steps or dynamic decision-making, use an agent instead.

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Setting Up Credentials

Looker uses API3 client credentials for authentication. You’ll need:
  1. A Looker Enterprise instance with API access enabled
  2. A dedicated service account Client ID and Client Secret (generated in Looker Admin → Users → API Keys)
  3. Your Looker API Host URL (e.g., https://company.cloud.looker.com)
Add these credentials to your Connectors page.

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Available Tools

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Dashboards

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Dashboard Elements

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Looks

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Queries

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Rendering

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LookML

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Folders & Content

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Boards

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Scheduled Plans & Delivery

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Alerts

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Example Prompts

Use these with your agent or in the Agent Node: List dashboards:
Run a Look:
Run an inline query:
Explore LookML:
Schedule a report:
Manage content:
Render a dashboard:
Check alerts:

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Troubleshooting

Agents are smart enough to chain multiple API calls together. For example, asking “Show me last month’s revenue trend” will find the right Look or explore, run the query, and present the results. If results seem off, check the agent’s step-by-step reasoning.

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Need Help?

Use this integration directly in Claude or Cursor. Connect remotely via the Looker MCP server using credentials from your Connectors page.