Alation Data Intelligence
Workflow capability for data intelligence operations combining catalog search, lineage tracking, governance, and metadata management in the Alation platform. Enables data stewards, analysts, and AI agents to discover trusted data assets, track data lineage, enforce governance policies, and maintain data quality.
What You Can Do
MCP Tools
search-alation-catalog
Search the Alation data catalog for tables, columns, data sources, glossary terms, and articles. Returns ranked results with metadata.
get-alation-context
Get aggregated context from Alation for AI-powered data discovery. Returns structured catalog information for a natural language query.
list-alation-datasources
List all data sources configured in the Alation catalog.
list-alation-tables
List tables in an Alation schema or data source.
list-alation-columns
List columns for a table in the Alation catalog.
get-alation-lineage
Get upstream and downstream data lineage for a catalog object in Alation, showing how data flows between tables and systems.
list-alation-glossary-terms
List business glossary terms from the Alation catalog.
get-alation-data-quality
Get data quality scores for a catalog object in Alation.
list-alation-policies
List data governance policies in the Alation catalog.