Metabase MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/server/handlers/userHandlers.js:48-64 (handler)

  The main handler function that executes the get_current_user tool logic by fetching the current user from Metabase API and formatting the response.

    async getCurrentUser() {
      this.logger.debug('Getting current user');
      const user = await this.apiClient.makeRequest('/api/user/current');
      
      return {
        content: [
          {
            type: 'text',
            text: `Current User:
  ID: ${user.id}
  Name: ${user.common_name}
  Email: ${user.email}
  Is Admin: ${user.is_superuser}`,
          },
        ],
      };
    }

• src/server/config/toolDefinitions.js:288-294 (schema)

  The tool schema definition specifying the name, description, and empty input schema (no parameters required). Used for tool listing and validation.

    name: 'get_current_user',
    description: '👤 [SAFE] Get information about the currently authenticated user (you). Risk: None - read-only operation.',
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {},
    },
  },

• src/server/MetabaseMCPServer.js:224-225 (registration)

  Registration/dispatch point in the main server switch statement that routes tool calls to the userHandlers.getCurrentUser method.

  case 'get_current_user':
    return await this.userHandlers.getCurrentUser();