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Kaggle MCP Server

A full-featured Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Kaggle API — 96 tools across competitions, datasets, kernels, models, benchmarks, discussions, and workflow utilities.

Installation

pip install kaggle-mcp-server

Prerequisites

  1. Kaggle API credentials — place your kaggle.json at ~/.kaggle/kaggle.json:

{"username":"YOUR_USERNAME","key":"YOUR_API_KEY"}

Get your API key from kaggle.com/settings → "Create New Token".

  1. Python 3.12+

Related MCP server: kaggle-mcp

Usage

With Cursor IDE

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kaggle": {
      "command": "kaggle-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

With Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kaggle": {
      "command": "kaggle-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

Standalone

kaggle-mcp-server

Tools (96 total)

Competitions (16 tools)

Tool

Description

competitions_list

Search and list competitions

competition_get

Get detailed competition info

competition_files

List competition data files

competition_tree_files

Hierarchical tree view of competition data

competition_download

Download competition data (returns URL)

competition_download_single_file

Download a single competition file locally

competition_submit

Submit predictions via blob token

submit_local_file

Submit a local prediction file

submit_code_competition

Submit to code competitions

competition_submissions

View submission history

competition_get_submission

Get single submission details

submission_score

Get/poll submission score

competition_leaderboard

View top 20 leaderboard

competition_leaderboard_download

Download full leaderboard

leaderboard_position

Find a team/user's rank

competition_data_summary

Get data files summary

Competition Workflow (5 tools)

Tool

Description

setup_comp

Download and extract competition data locally

competition_full_setup

One-shot setup: info + download + preview

upcoming_deadlines

Show competitions with closest deadlines

my_competitions

List competitions you've entered

competition_top_kernels

Top public notebooks for a competition

Datasets (20 tools)

Tool

Description

datasets_list

Search and list datasets

dataset_get

Get full dataset info

dataset_files

List files in a dataset

dataset_tree_files

Hierarchical tree view of dataset files

dataset_files_summary

Get file count and total size

dataset_download

Download dataset (returns URL)

dataset_download_file

Download a single dataset file

download_dataset_local

Download and extract dataset locally

dataset_metadata

Get dataset metadata

dataset_update_metadata

Update title/description/license

dataset_create

Create dataset via blob tokens

create_dataset_from_files

Create dataset from local directory

dataset_create_version

Create new version via tokens

push_dataset_version

Push new version from local directory

dataset_delete

Delete a dataset

dataset_status

Check dataset processing status

file_upload

Upload file and get blob token

my_datasets

List your datasets

datasets_by_user

List datasets by a specific user

check_dataset_exists

Check if a dataset exists

Kernels / Notebooks (15 tools)

Tool

Description

kernels_list

Search and list notebooks

kernel_pull

Get notebook source code

kernel_push

Push/save a notebook

push_notebook_file

Push local .ipynb to Kaggle

kernel_output

Download kernel output (URL)

kernel_download_output_zip

Download kernel output locally

kernel_status

Check kernel execution status

kernel_files

List kernel files

kernel_delete

Delete a kernel

kernel_initialize

Initialize kernel template locally

kernel_session_create

Create interactive session

kernel_session_status

Get session status

kernel_session_output

List session output files

kernel_session_cancel

Cancel running session

generate_notebook_metadata

Generate kernel-metadata.json

Models (16 tools)

Tool

Description

models_list

Search and list models

model_get

Get model details

model_create

Create a new model

model_update

Update model info

model_delete

Delete a model

model_metrics

Get model performance metrics

model_instances_list

List model instances

model_instance_get

Get instance details

model_instance_create

Create a new instance

model_instance_delete

Delete an instance

model_instance_files

List instance files

model_instance_versions

List instance versions

model_instance_version_create

Create new version

model_instance_version_download

Download version files

model_instance_version_files

List version files

model_instance_version_delete

Delete a version

Discussions (10 tools)

Tool

Description

discussions_search

Search discussions

discussions_list

List discussions for competition/dataset

discussion_detail

Get discussion content

discussion_comments

Get discussion comments

discussion_comments_search

Search across all comments

discussions_by_source

Browse by source type

discussions_solutions

Browse competition solutions

discussions_writeups

Browse write-ups by type

discussions_trending

Browse trending discussions

discussions_my

List your discussions

Benchmarks (1 tool)

Tool

Description

benchmark_leaderboard

Get benchmark leaderboard

Data Preview & Analysis (4 tools)

Tool

Description

preview_csv

Preview first N rows of a CSV

preview_data_file

Preview any text data file

csv_column_analysis

Analyze column types and stats

compare_csvs

Diff two CSV files

Workflow Utilities (9 tools)

Tool

Description

generate_starter_notebook

Auto-generate competition starter notebook

search_everything

Unified search across competitions, datasets, notebooks

list_local_files

List local files with sizes

track_operation

Monitor long-running Kaggle operations

download_pip_library

Download pip wheels for offline use

download_pip_requirements

Download requirements.txt wheels

create_library_dataset

Upload pip library as Kaggle dataset

create_requirements_dataset

Upload requirements as Kaggle dataset

get_local_library_version

Check local wheel version

License

MIT

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