About glue-mcp
glue-mcp is an MCP server for AWS Glue Data Catalog. It is intended for clients that need to query catalog data through MCP; the README demonstrates connecting over SSE and using a tool to list databases.
Key features
- 01Connect to AWS Glue Data Catalog
- 02Run as an MCP server on port 8000
- 03Support SSE transport
Use cases
- 01Connect an MCP client to AWS Glue
- 02List catalog databases through an MCP tool
MCP support
Provides an MCP endpoint for AWS Glue Data Catalog, demonstrated over SSE at `/sse`. The README shows a `list_databases` tool being called by a client.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEglue-mcp
A model context protocol (MCP) server to AWS Glue Data Catalog
Usage
Once you've built a binary (see below), ensure you have your AWS credentials set.
Then simply start the server:
./glue-mcp
2025-04-29T21:25:37.623408Z INFO glue_mcp: Metrics & logging initialised
2025-04-29T21:25:37.623453Z INFO glue_mcp::util: Starting server on 127.0.0.1:8000
The server is ready for MCP calls on port 8000.
Development
Nix
Just run nix develop, then cargo build.
Demo
We'll demonstrate using Ollama.
1. Install & configure mcphost
go install github.com/mark3labs/mcphost@latest
Configure mcphost with this MCP server:
{
"mcpServers": {
"aws_glue": {
"url": "http://localhost:8000/sse",
"transport": "sse"
}
}
}
2. Configure Ollama
Get a model:
ollama pull llama3.1:latest
4. Run glue-mcp
cargo run
5. Run mcphost & query
~/go/bin/mcphost --config ./mcp.json --model ollama:llama3.1
2025/04/27 11:46:02 INFO Initializing server... name=aws_glue
2025/04/27 11:46:02 INFO Server connected name=aws_glue
2025/04/27 11:46:02 INFO Tools loaded server=aws_glue count=3
You: list databases
2025/04/27 11:47:11 INFO 🔧 Using tool name=aws_glue__list_databases
Assistant:
The available databases are 'reference_data' and 'unstructured'.
You: list tables per database
2025/04/27 11:47:40 INFO 🔧 Using tool name=aws_glue__get_database_metadata
2025/04/27 11:47:45 INFO 🔧 Using tool name=aws_glue__get_database_metadata
Assistant:
The 'unstructured' database is currently empty of tables. The 'reference_data' database also does not contain any
tables.
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