INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

describe_asset

Fetch detailed information about a data asset by its identifier.

sidecardata.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.sidecar-mcp]
url = "https://service-mcp.sidecardata.com/sidecar/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sidecar-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://service-mcp.sidecardata.com/sidecar/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: sidecar-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://service-mcp.sidecardata.com/sidecar/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sidecar-mcp": {
      "url": "https://service-mcp.sidecardata.com/sidecar/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "sidecar-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://service-mcp.sidecardata.com/sidecar/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "sidecar-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://service-mcp.sidecardata.com/sidecar/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

get_catalog_overview — Get a summary of everything available in this customer's Sidecar catalog.
get_context_repo — Return the clean OSI semantic contract currently deployed to this MCP token's Context Garage surface.
list_knowledge_base_files — List all files in the customer's knowledge base.
get_knowledge_base_file_content — Fetch the full text content of a file from the customer's knowledge base.
resolve_asset_id — Look up any data asset by name across the full catalog (dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, Looker, etc.
inspect_lineage_details — Trace the full data lineage for an asset — both upstream sources and downstream consumers.
calculate_downstream_impact — Find everything downstream of a data asset — tables, dashboards, and reports that would break or be affected if this asset changes.
get_column_lineage — Trace column-level lineage — which upstream columns feed into a column and which downstream columns consume it.