bigquery-mcp-server

This repository provides a minimal Model Context Protocol (MCP) server written in Go. The server exposes tools backed by Google BigQuery:

• schema – returns the schema of a BigQuery table
• query – executes an SQL query and returns up to 100 result rows
• dryrun – performs a BigQuery dry run to validate SQL and estimate costs
• queryfile – executes SQL read from a file and returns up to 100 rows
• dryrunfile – dry runs SQL read from a file
• tables – lists tables in a BigQuery dataset (up to 100 entries)

Query and table results are truncated to the first 100 rows to keep responses concise.

Requirements

• Go 1.21 or later
• Google Application Default Credentials for BigQuery access

Installation

Install the bigquery-mcp-server command with:

go install github.com/masudahiroto/bigquery-mcp-server/cmd/bigquery-mcp-server@latest

This downloads the module and places the compiled binary in $(go env GOPATH)/bin. Ensure this directory is in your PATH so the command can be run directly.

Running from Source

If you've made local changes and want to run the development version without installing it globally, execute from the repository root:

go run ./cmd/bigquery-mcp-server

You can also build a binary directly:

go build -o bigquery-mcp-server ./cmd/bigquery-mcp-server
./bigquery-mcp-server

Getting Started

Run the server with your Google Cloud project and BigQuery region:

bigquery-mcp-server -project my-project -region US

The server listens on :8080 by default. Use an MCP client to call the registered tools.

Limiting Query Cost

Set the environment variable MAX_BQ_QUERY_BYTES to limit how many bytes a query may scan. The query tool performs a BigQuery dry run and refuses to execute if the estimated bytes processed exceed this value.

BigQuery Region

Use the -region flag to set the location for all BigQuery jobs. Specify US, EU, or another region if your dataset is not in the default location.

Testing

Run unit tests:

go test ./...

E2E Testing

End-to-end tests require access to BigQuery and therefore are not executed in CI. To run them locally:

1. Ensure Google Application Default Credentials are configured, e.g. run:

   gcloud auth application-default login
   

2. Set the following environment variables to point to a test dataset:

   export BQ_CLIENT_PROJECT=project-for-query-jobs
   export BQ_PROJECT=project-with-dataset
   export BQ_DATASET=your_dataset
   export BQ_TABLE=your_table
   export BQ_REGION=US
   export BQ_SQL='SELECT 1 as id'
   

3. Execute the helper script:

   ./scripts/run_e2e.sh
   

The script runs go test -tags=e2e ./e2e which starts the server and exercises the schema and query tools against your BigQuery data.