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BigQuery Data Platform for Zed

io.github.debilla/data-platform-mcp

Read-only BigQuery tools for plain-language data questions, with a cost gate on every query

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install BigQuery Data Platform in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "data-platform-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "data-platform-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BQ_MCP_ENVIRONMENTS": "<BQ_MCP_ENVIRONMENTS>",
        "BQ_MCP_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT": "<BQ_MCP_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT>",
        "BQ_MCP_CONFIG": "<BQ_MCP_CONFIG>",
        "BQ_IMPERSONATE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT": "<BQ_IMPERSONATE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT>",
        "BQ_PROJECT": "<BQ_PROJECT>",
        "BQ_LOCATION": "<BQ_LOCATION>",
        "BQ_CODE_ASSET_LOCATION": "<BQ_CODE_ASSET_LOCATION>",
        "BQ_DATASET_ALLOWLIST": "<BQ_DATASET_ALLOWLIST>",
        "BQ_WARN_BYTES": "<BQ_WARN_BYTES>",
        "BQ_MAX_BYTES_BILLED": "<BQ_MAX_BYTES_BILLED>",
        "BQ_MCP_AUDIT_LOG": "<BQ_MCP_AUDIT_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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