What is amazon-redshift-mcp-server-by-cdata?
Amazon-redshift-mcp-server-by-cdata is a read-only MCP (Model Context Protocol) server built by CData that allows LLMs like Claude Desktop to query live data from Amazon Redshift using natural language. It wraps the CData JDBC Driver for Amazon Redshift and exposes the data as relational SQL models through a simple MCP interface, requiring no manual SQL from the user.
How to use amazon-redshift-mcp-server-by-cdata?
Clone the repository, build with mvn clean install, download and install the CData JDBC Driver for Amazon Redshift, license it, create a connection string using the driver’s utility, then configure a .prp file with connection properties. Finally, add the server to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json) using the built JAR and the .prp file, then restart Claude Desktop.
Key features of amazon-redshift-mcp-server-by-cdata
- Read-only access to Amazon Redshift data via MCP
- Works with LLMs like Claude Desktop for natural language queries
- Exposes tools:
{server}_get_tables, {server}_get_columns, {server}_run_query
- Uses CData JDBC Driver for connectivity
- Supports all tables or explicitly declared tables
- Communicates via
stdio transport (same machine only)
Use cases of amazon-redshift-mcp-server-by-cdata
- Letting a business analyst ask “What is the correlation between closed won opportunities and account industry?” without writing SQL
- Enabling an AI assistant to answer “How many open tickets do I have in the SUPPORT project?” from Redshift data
- Providing real-time Redshift querying to LLM-based chat interfaces for ad‑hoc data exploration
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