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Connect Alation to Claude.

Give Claude live, read-only access to your Alation data — turn it into insights and answers straight from the chat.

  • Reads developer data
  • Generates insights from Alation
  • Connects via the official API

Paste your Alation API key to connect — it's encrypted and never shown to the AI. or book a demo

How to connect Alation to Claude.

Three steps, no pipeline to build and no data to export.

  1. In Claude, open Settings → Connectors and add Menza as an MCP server.

  2. Authorise the Alation connection so Menza can read your Alation data on your behalf.

    Paste your Alation API key to connect — it's encrypted and never shown to the AI.

  3. Ask Claude to work with your Alation data — it queries Menza live and answers in the chat.

Ready in minutes — connect Alation now.

Menza working with Alation.

Ask in Claude and Menza reads your live Alation data to answer in seconds — read-only, so nothing in Alation is ever changed.

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What's happening in my Alation data right now — anything I should know?

MenzaRead live Alation data

417 tables across your warehouse sources have no steward assigned — 28% of the catalogue.

Two recently added data sources account for most of them; their tables arrived without tags or descriptions.

I'm reading this live through the official Alation API via Menza — read-only, so nothing in Alation is ever changed.

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Is my Alation data secure?

Your credentials are encrypted at rest and never exposed to the AI. Menza reads your data through the provider's official API using the access you grant, and you stay in control of what it can do — read-only by default, with any actions gated behind your approval.

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  • Encrypted in transit and at rest
  • Scoped access — you choose what Menza can see
  • Read-only by default; any action needs your approval
  • Credentials are encrypted and never shown to the AI
  • Revoke access at any time

Alation + Claude questions, answered.

How do I connect Alation to Claude?

Add Menza as an MCP server in Claude, authorise the Alation connection once, then ask Claude to work with your Alation data. Menza handles the Alation API calls for you — there's nothing to export and no pipeline to maintain.

What can Claude do with my Alation data through Menza?

Menza turns your Alation data into live insights and answers — reading it directly through the API. It's read-only: Menza never writes back to Alation, so nothing there is ever changed.

Is my Alation data safe?

Yes. Your Alation credentials are encrypted at rest and never shown to the AI. Menza only accesses what you grant it and is read-only by default, with any actions gated behind your approval.

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Connect Alation to Claude.