Cursor

Give Cursor access to your enterprise data context in DataHub — find trustworthy data, trace lineage, look up ownership, and reference documentation without leaving the editor.

Prerequisites

Cursor v1.1+
A DataHub instance (Cloud v0.3.12+ or self-hosted) and a personal access token

DataHub Cloud

Navigate to Cursor → Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP, add a new server, and paste:

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datahub-cloud": {
      "url": "https://<tenant>.acryl.io/integrations/ai/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace <tenant> with your DataHub Cloud tenant name and <token> with your personal access token.

:::tip Keep Your Token Secret If your MCP config is checked into version control, reference an environment variable instead of a literal token:

json

"Authorization": "Bearer ${DATAHUB_TOKEN}"

:::

Self-Hosted DataHub

Install uv (curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh), then add a new MCP server in Cursor settings with:

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datahub": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-datahub@latest"],
      "env": {
        "DATAHUB_GMS_URL": "<your-datahub-url>",
        "DATAHUB_GMS_TOKEN": "<your-datahub-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify

After saving, the MCP settings page should show a green dot and list the DataHub tools. If the dot doesn't appear, check that:

The JSON is valid (no trailing commas).
For self-hosted: uvx is on Cursor's PATH — run which uvx and use the full path in command if needed.

For general troubleshooting, see the MCP server guide.