Guide: Connecting dbt-docs to Cursor and Claude Desktop

The dbt-docs MCP server is used to: MCP server for dbt-core (OSS) users as the official dbt MCP only supports dbt Cloud. Supports project metadata, model and column-level lineage and dbt documentation. Instead of manually writing configuration files, use the generator on the right.

AI Skills (Prompt Recipes)

Copy these prompts and send them to Claude/Cursor after connecting the tool to activate the skills:

Common Troubleshooting Issues:

• Missing commas in claude_desktop_config.json, which crashes the entire client.
• Incorrect slash escaping in Windows paths (use \\\\ instead of \\).
• Incorrect arguments syntax in the JSON array.