Open Metadata MCP Server

The largest and fastest-growing open-source project for AI context, data cataloging, and metadata management. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with metadata, datadiscovery and dataquality and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-18 · ★ 15,244 · #5 OF 120 MAINTAINED DEVOPS & MONITORING · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Open Metadata

Claude Code

claude mcp add open-metadata-openmetadata --transport http https://{openmetadata_host}/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-metadata-openmetadata": {
      "url": "https://{openmetadata_host}/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://{openmetadata_host}/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint NOT responding · probed 2026-09-17

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to {openmetadata_host}

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.open-metadata is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Open Metadata can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

2.0.2-release · 2026-09-16

OpenMetadata 2.0.2 is a maintenance release focused on connector reliability across Oracle, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Clickhouse, KafkaConnect, Grafana, and StarRocks, MCP tool consolidation and hardening, a…

1.13.6-release · 2026-09-11

OpenMetadata 1.13.6 is a maintenance release focused on connector reliability across Kafka Connect, Tableau, Snowflake, BigQuery, Athena, Airflow, Looker, Grafana, Mode and Doris, correct change events and alerting for…

1.13.5-release · 2026-09-03

OpenMetadata 1.13.5 is a maintenance release focused on connector reliability across REST, MLflow, DB2, Glue, and KafkaConnect, search and governance correctness, UI fixes, and a broad security dependency cleanup that…

04 · Who maintains Open Metadata

OpenMetadata is maintained by open-metadata. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Aug 2021.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/open-metadata/openmetadata
website: https://docs.open-metadata.org/how-to-guides/mcp
category: DevOps & monitoring - ranked #5 of 120 actively-maintained DevOps & monitoring servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 8 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-16)
registry: io.github.open-metadata/openmetadata-mcp (active, first published 2026-05-08 · 2 versions)

06 · Open Metadata FAQ

What is Open Metadata?

The largest and fastest-growing open-source project for AI context, data cataloging, and metadata management. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Is Open Metadata still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-18 and it shipped 8 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Open Metadata?

Run `claude mcp add open-metadata-openmetadata --transport http https://{openmetadata_host}/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to Open Metadata

Alternatives to Open Metadata

Maintained DevOps & monitoring servers if Open Metadata isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Open Metadata doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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