How to integrate Tableau MCP with Atomic Agent

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Introduction

Atomic Agent is an open-source AI agent that runs on your machine and supports local models through llama.cpp. Connect it to 1,500+ apps through Composio, including Tableau.

This guide uses Atomic Agent's built-in Composio integration. You need Atomic Agent v0.5.6 or later, your own Composio API key, and a Tableau account. See the Atomic Agent documentation for installation instructions.

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How Atomic Agent connects to Tableau

Atomic Agent connects to Composio's Tool Router over Streamable HTTP MCP. It discovers the tools needed for your request, and Composio handles account authentication.

Execution and account-connection tools follow Atomic Agent's configured approval policy. Review any approval prompt before allowing an action on your connected account.

Connect Tableau to Atomic Agent

  1. Sign up or sign in to the Composio dashboard. Copy your API key.
  2. In Atomic Agent, open the Integrations tab and select Composio. Select API key, press e, paste the key, and press Enter. The tools become available immediately, without a restart.
  3. Ask Atomic Agent to do something in Tableau. It searches Composio for the right tool.
  4. On first use, open the sign-in link returned in the chat. Connect your Tableau account, then return to Atomic Agent to continue.

Headless setup

Add the following line to ~/.atomic-agent/.env, replacing YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY with your key. Start Atomic Agent after saving the file.

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COMPOSIO_API_KEY=YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY

What is the Tableau MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Tableau MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Tableau account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Tableau operations on your behalf.

Use Tableau from Atomic Agent

With your account connected, ask Atomic Agent to work with Tableau in natural language. You can connect more apps through the same Composio integration as you need them.

Visit the Atomic Agent website or inspect the Atomic Agent source code.

Troubleshooting

Why is my API key rejected?

Copy the key directly from the Composio dashboard. Atomic Agent requires ASCII characters because it sends the key in an HTTP header. Remove any extra characters introduced when copying.

Why are Composio tools unavailable after saving a key?

Check that you use Atomic Agent v0.5.6 or later and that Composio is enabled in your configuration. A "composio": { "enabled": false } setting disables the integration while keeping the saved key on disk.

Does Composio have a free plan?

The Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month. Composio-managed OAuth apps have a lower included allowance. See Composio pricing for the current limits that apply to your connection.

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.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Tableau MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Tableau tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Tableau and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Atomic Agent fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Tableau tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Tableau scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Tableau data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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