Summary

DataWorks resources in your own editor, with a filter on the tool list.

Alibaba also ships a console-side DataWorks assistant that needs no setup; this server is the other path — bring your own client and your own key pair, and get the Open API surface inside it. The startup filter is the part that matters, because handing an agent an entire cloud API's worth of tools is what eats context.

What it is

A server over the Alibaba Cloud DataWorks Open API, aimed at AI clients such as Cursor or Cline that talk to a DataWorks workspace directly instead of through the console assistant.

What you get

DataWorks Open API operations exposed as MCP tools for working with workspace resources
The exposed tool set can be narrowed when the server starts — by category, or to a named list — so a client only sees the operations you meant to give it
ConvertTimestamps renders raw timestamps in a date format you choose
ToTimestamps converts dates or times back into timestamps

Requirements

An Alibaba Cloud access key pair with DataWorks Open API access, plus the region your DataWorks instance runs in. The server runs on Node and installs from npm or builds from source.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — npm install -g alibabacloud-dataworks-mcp-server, then supply credentials