MCP servers for BigQuery

Every BigQuery server in the official MCP Registry, 6 in all, ranked by how closely it fits. 5 work without an API key. Each row shows the security checks, the secrets asked for and an install command.

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BigQuery MCP servers 6

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Type Secrets Version Actions
★ 10 io.github.SnowLeopard-AI/bigquery-mcp

A SnowLeopardAI-managed MCP server that provides access to Google BigQuery data.

7/7All passed42health of 100PyPIRuns locallyNoneno keys asked0.1.1
★ 2 io.github.deBilla/data-platform-mcp

Read-only BigQuery tools for plain-language data questions, with a cost gate on every query

7/7All passed58health of 100PyPIRuns locallyNoneno keys asked0.4.0
com.insightfulpipe/bigquery

Hosted BigQuery MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, with each action switched per account.

3/3All passed43health of 100RemoteHostedNoneno keys asked1.0.0
★ 6 io.github.tushariitr-19/patents-mcp

Patent search and prior art discovery via Google Patents on BigQuery

2/2All passed44health of 100RemoteRuns locallyNoneno keys asked1.0.0
★ 2 io.github.deeparchi-ai/patent-mcp-server

Patent search over 1.4B global records via Google Patents on BigQuery, with CN coverage.

7/7All passed54health of 100PyPIRuns locallyNoneno keys asked1.9.2
★ 1 io.github.mcpsmiths/cost-guard-mcp

Pre-flight query cost and result-size guardrails for AI agents on BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks

7/81 warning49health of 100PyPIRuns locally6secrets asked0.6.0

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BigQuery MCP servers: questions people ask

Which BigQuery MCP server should I use?

Among community builds, the most-starred on GitHub are bigquery-mcp (★ 10) and BigQuery Data Platform (★ 2). If you want one that passed every check, bigquery-mcp did.

Can I trust these BigQuery MCP servers?

On registry checks, 5 of 6 come out clean. We also read the code or live tool list of 4 of them without running anything, and none raised a red flag. Treat a pass as "nothing found", and give any server the least access that works.

Is a Claude skill better than an MCP server for BigQuery?

An MCP server gives the AI new tools, such as reaching BigQuery itself. A skill only teaches it how to do a task with tools it already has. There are 30 Claude skills for BigQuery if that fits better.

How fresh are these BigQuery MCP servers?

2 of the 6 were updated in the 30 days before 31 Oct 2026. The latest was BigQuery MCP by InsightfulPipe, on 21 October.

How do I add a BigQuery MCP server to Claude?

To connect BigQuery through bigquery-mcp, use this Claude Desktop (pypi) entry: { "mcpServers": { "bigquery-mcp": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "sl-bigquery-mcp==0.1.9" ] } } }. Pin the version shown before you rely on it.

Do I have to install a BigQuery MCP server?

1 can run hosted, so you only paste a URL into Claude, Cursor or VS Code. The 5 that run locally ship as 4 PyPI packages.

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