Tableau MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Tableau MCP or direct API to explore dashboards, run queries, refresh data extracts, and export views through natural language.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Tableau action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Get Current Session

Return the Tableau site and user identity established by the connected PAT, including their LUIDs and the user's current site role.

Get Server Info

Return the connected Tableau deployment's product, build, and supported REST API versions.

Get Workbook

Return one Tableau workbook by LUID, including its project, owner, tags, views, and freshness settings when available.

List Data Sources

List published data sources visible to the connected PAT on its signed-in Tableau site, with optional filtering and sorting, one page at a time.

List Groups

List groups the connected PAT is permitted to see on its signed-in Tableau site, with optional filtering and sorting, one page at a time.

List Jobs

List active asynchronous jobs the connected PAT is permitted to see on its signed-in Tableau site, optionally narrowed with a Tableau filter expression, one page at a time.

List Projects

List projects visible to the connected PAT on its signed-in Tableau site, with optional filtering and sorting, one page at a time.

List Users

List users the connected PAT is permitted to see on its signed-in Tableau site, with optional filtering and sorting, one page at a time.

List Views

List views visible to the connected PAT on its signed-in Tableau site, with optional filtering, sorting, and usage statistics, one page at a time.

List Workbooks

List workbooks visible to the connected PAT on its signed-in Tableau site, with optional filtering and sorting, one page at a time.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Tableau MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["tableau"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to Tableau and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "List top performing dashboards this quarter",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Tableau request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Tableau API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["tableau"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Tableau
3

Run Tableau tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "List top performing dashboards this quarter" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the Tableau tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Tableau Integration

  • Supports both Tableau MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Tableau data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Tableau access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Tableau
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Tableau resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Tableau requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your Tableau connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

Create the key in your Tableau account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the Tableau actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside Tableau at any time.

When you connect a Tableau account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in Tableau as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside Tableau. If Tableau lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside Tableau at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each Tableau connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment Tableau rejects the old key. Create a new key in Tableau and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect Tableau. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal Tableau use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your Tableau plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple Tableau accounts).

With Composio, you connect Tableau once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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