Actian MCP Server Ushers High-Quality Enterprise Data Directly into AI Assistants

Actian, the data division of HCLSoftware, is introducing the Actian Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a new capability of the Actian Data Intelligence Platform that enables enterprises to bring governed, high-quality data directly into artificial intelligence (AI) assistants built on large language models (LLMs) such as Claude and ChatGPT.

By connecting its knowledge graph-powered data catalog to an AI assistant via an MCP Server, Actian transforms the catalog from a passive repository into an active, intelligent component of AI workflows, the company said.

MCP is an open standard that enables secure connections between AI applications and external data sources. Unlike competitors, Actian combines the MCP Server with its knowledge graph-based data catalog. The server acts as an intelligent gateway that connects governed, high-quality data and metadata to AI agents, providing enhanced semantic understanding and data relationship mapping within agentic AI workflows, the company said.

"The key to making AI assistants truly useful for data work isn't just connecting them to your data catalog—it's ensuring they understand the context, the data relationships and business meaning," said Emma McGrattan, CTO at Actian. "The Actian MCP Server's knowledge graph foundation enables this deeper understanding, so when users ask about revenue or customer insights, they get trustworthy results and complete data relationship maps, not just keyword matches."

With the Actian MCP Server, users access business glossary definitions, perform semantic searches for related concepts, and discover complex data models, all while using natural language and without leaving their AI assistant.

The knowledge graph foundation ensures these interactions deliver conceptually accurate results and complete relationship context. This accelerates insights, reduces errors, and improves decision confidence while eliminating productivity losses from tool-switching, the company said.

The Actian MCP Server's initial release is built for fast adoption by focusing on two main capabilities:

• Semantic Search: Uses AI-powered semantic search across business glossaries to find conceptually related terms based on meaning, not just keyword matches. For example, searching for "revenue" returns related terms such as "income," "sales," "gross profit," and "billing."
• Get-Data-Model: Maps relationships between datasets by identifying foreign key references, helping users understand how data tables connect to each other with a complete view of data relationships.

The Actian MCP Server is now available for existing Actian Data Intelligence Platform customers, with additional capabilities planned for future releases.

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