# Power BI Authoring MCP Server

> Microsoft's MCP server for building and modifying Power BI semantic models from AI agents.

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** MCP server
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 1,172
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** today (Sep 23, 2026)
- **Official site:** https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp
- **Source code:** https://github.com/microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/powerbi-modeling-mcp
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## Best for
Power BI developers who want an agent to create measures, relationships and model changes.

## Avoid if
You need a stable API; the server is in public preview.

## About Power BI Authoring MCP Server
The Power BI Authoring MCP Server, from Microsoft, connects AI agents to Power BI semantic models so developers can make modelling changes in natural language or run agentic development workflows. This repository is the local server; Microsoft recommends its hosted remote server for models in a Fabric workspace. It is in public preview and may change significantly before general availability.

## Connect to an MCP client
Launch command from the project's README: `npx -y @microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp@latest --start`

### Claude Code (Run in your terminal)

```shell
claude mcp add powerbi-modeling-mcp -- npx -y @microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp@latest --start
```

### Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerbi-modeling-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp@latest", "--start"]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "powerbi-modeling-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp@latest", "--start"]
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerbi-modeling-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp@latest", "--start"]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

```toml
[mcp_servers.powerbi-modeling-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp@latest", "--start"]
```

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