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Databricks Managed MCP server x Claude Code

alxsbn — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:04:43 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to connect the managed MCP server to Claude code on Linux and struggle to have something working. The MCP are activated on my workspace (not sure it's linked to what I want to do) and I just want to add the UC endpoint to Claude directly through `claude mcp add databricks-server https://xx-yyy-zzz.cloud.databricks.com/api/2.0/mcp/gold/core` but it's not recognizied at all.

I also try to Claude Web Chat and same. Did someone can guide nor help to setup this?

Thanks

Re: Databricks Managed MCP server x Claude Code

jamesl — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 21:52:17 GMT

Hi @alxsbn , did you get this resolved?

Targets that are a remote HTTP endpoint need `--transport http`. For example...

claude mcp add --transport http databricks-server https://xx-yyy-zzz.cloud.databricks.com/api/2.0/mcp/gold/core

(see: https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/mcp#option-3%3A-add-a-remote-http-server)

And if you didn't already check out the Databricks docs on managed MCP servers you can look here: docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/mcp/connect-external-services#managed-external-mcp

I hope that helps!

-James