Configuring IBM Bob

Register watsonx.data intelligence MCP server in the IBM Bob configuration to complete tasks across data governance and catalog, data quality, data lineage, and Data Product Hub with the AI agent.

Required configuration information

For managed MCP

  • Authentication: API key; configure the client to send your watsonx platform API key on each request. For more information, see Generating API keys and Available APIs.

  • Server URL: The service endpoint is based on your IBM Software Hub deployment URL ({cpd_cluster_host}). Example: https://{cpd_cluster_host}/semantic_agents/public/v1/mcp_server/mcp/. For more information, see Service endpoint in the API documentation.

  • Transport: stdio

Configuring IBM Bob

  1. In Visual Studio Code, in Bob mode, from the menu in the top right corner (...), select MCP Servers.

  2. Open the global MCP file.

  3. Add the following configuration to the file.
    Replace placeholder values with your credentials.

    "watsonx data intelligence": {
         "type": "streamable-http",
         "url": "https://{cpd_cluster_host}/semantic_agents/public/v1/mcp_server/mcp/",
         "headers": {
             "x-api-key": "xxxx",
             "username": "yyy"
         },
         "disabled": true,
         "alwaysAllow": []
     },

  4. Save the file.

  5. Restart IBM Bob.

  6. In the MCP Server list, toggle the switch next to wxdi-mcp-server.

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