Tableau MCP for AI Agents

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/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK for Python or TypeScript
2

Initialize Client and Create Tool Router Session

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

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${session.mcp.url}`);
Import and initialize the Composio client, then create a Tool Router session for Tableau
3

Connect to AI Agent

typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: session.mcp.url,
    headers: {
      'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key',
    },
  },
});

const tools = await client.tools();
const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'YOUR_SPECIFIC_PROMPT_HERE'
  }],
  maxSteps: 5,
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
Use the MCP server with your AI agent (Anthropic Claude or Mastra)
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Tableau API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/openai
Install the Composio SDK
2

Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

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

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
3

Execute Tableau Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'YOUR_SPECIFIC_PROMPT_HERE'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Tableau actions with your Agent

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
FRAMEWORKS

Use Tableau with any AI Agent Framework

Choose a Framework you want to connect Tableau with

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.

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

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

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