---
ref: company:metabase
name: Metabase
tools: [tool:metabase/query-metrics, tool:metabase/run-sql-query]
tags: [capability:track-product-usage, category:product-analytics, has:api, has:mcp]
updated: 2026-09-27
---

# Metabase

Open-source analytics: questions, dashboards and metrics on your own database.

Metabase is open-source analytics software that grounds every answer in your semantic layer (your metrics and business logic), so you can inspect the query behind it.

Each Metabase is served from its own address: replace `{your-metabase-url}` with it. An admin turns the MCP server on under Admin > AI > MCP, and it signs in with OAuth. API keys are created under Admin > Settings > Authentication > API keys; a key's group decides what it can read.

## Tools

- tool:metabase/query-metrics — Query tables and metrics: Runs a query against a table or saved metric through the semantic layer and returns the results.
- tool:metabase/run-sql-query — Run a SQL query: Runs a native SQL query against a connected database and returns the rows.

## Links

- Website: https://metabase.com
- Docs: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/