DeltaForge ships a built-in MCP server (Model Context Protocol). Plug it into Claude, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot Chat once and those tools can browse your catalog, trace lineage, validate SQL, and inspect pipelines, all under your existing roles and audit log.
Not a thin wrapper around execute_sql. Purpose-built tools so the assistant uses typed metadata instead of inventing SQL against tables it has never seen.
The assistant can browse zones, schemas, tables, views, columns, row counts, and version history. It writes SQL against your real catalog, not hallucinated column names.
The engine runs the actual DeltaForge parser and returns exact line and column positions for every error. Query plan inspection with row estimates lets the assistant fix plans before you run them.
The assistant can trace which pipelines and views depend on a column before suggesting a refactor. Upstream and downstream traversal in one call. No more "I renamed it and the report broke."
Read pipeline source SQL, check run status, review schedules, and get a workspace overview. The assistant can triage a failed run, read the source, validate the failing statement, and propose a fix.
The MCP server is a thin adapter over the same control plane your humans use. The same RBAC, the same audit log, the same scoped-token model.
If a role cannot SELECT a column, the model cannot either. No second permission system to configure or keep in sync with the main one.
Issue per-agent tokens with explicit tool allow-lists, schema scopes, and expiration. A read-only agent literally cannot reach DROP, INSERT, or pipeline mutation.
Tool name, arguments, identity, and outcome land in the same audit log as human queries. Reconstruct exactly what an agent saw and did.
The MCP server runs inside your DeltaForge deployment. The model provider receives prompts and tool results, not your storage credentials or raw table data.
Install delta-forge-mcp, then run one install command per tool. It writes the config to Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Codex automatically.
# Install
brew install delta-forge-mcp
# Wire into your AI tools
delta-forge-mcp install claude
delta-forge-mcp install cursor
delta-forge-mcp install codex
# Claude Desktop config written automatically:
# { "mcpServers": { "deltaforge": { "command": "delta-forge-mcp" } } }Install delta-forge-mcp and Claude, Cursor, or Copilot can work against your actual catalog under your existing access controls.