A side-by-side look at the MCP Dashboards and Tableaugen MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose MCP Dashboards for data visualization work as a local process; choose Tableaugen MCP for data visualization as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
generate_workbook, profile_dataset, publish_to_cloud.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Data Visualization | Data Visualization |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 48 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 6 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 5 |
| Full listing | View MCP Dashboards | View Tableaugen MCP |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
generate_workbookGenerate a Tableau `.twb` / `.twbx` from a CSV path and a natural-language promptprofile_datasetInspect a CSV and return schema, data types, cardinality, and null countspublish_to_cloudPublish a generated workbook to Tableau Cloud or Tableau Serverlist_templatesReturn available dashboard templates (sales, OEE, finance, marketing, etc.)preview_workbookReturn a thumbnail image of a generated workbook for inline previewPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"kyurish-mcp-dashboards": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-dashboards"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tableaugen-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tableaugen-mcp"
]
}
}
}