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Atlan MCP connector

The Atlan connector brings Atlan users, groups, roles and SSO group mappings into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and other MCP clients, so your team can manage who has access to the data catalog by asking in plain language.

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ChatGPT Elaichi connected

List all Atlan groups and their member counts.

Working in Atlan with Elaichi

  • List all Atlan groups
  • Atlan groups get by name
  • Atlan groups get members
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Atlan Atlan groups get members Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Atlan Atlan groups get by name Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Atlan List all Atlan groups Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Atlan Create a Atlan group Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Atlan Update a Atlan group by ID Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Atlan to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Atlan MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Atlan MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Atlan MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Atlan MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Atlan MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Atlan to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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What teams do with Atlan through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Atlan is logged.

  • Data governance

    Onboard a new analyst into Atlan

    Create the person's Atlan user, add them to the right groups and set their role in one conversation, instead of clicking through the admin console.

  • IT

    Keep SSO group mappings in step

    Check which identity provider groups map to which Atlan groups, then add, update or remove a mapping when a team is renamed or reorganized.

  • Security

    Review who holds admin roles in Atlan

    List every Atlan user and their groups, then spot people whose role no longer matches their job and change it on the spot.

  • Data platform

    Stand up a group for a new domain

    Create an Atlan group for a new data domain, describe it, and pull in the stewards and consumers who need to be members.

  • People operations

    Clean up access when someone moves teams

    Ask which Atlan groups a person belongs to and remove them from the ones tied to their old team, with the change recorded against your name.

  • Analytics leadership

    Answer who can see what in Atlan

    Get the members of any Atlan group and the roles available in your tenant without asking an administrator to export a list.

Try asking

  • “List all Atlan groups and their member counts.”
  • “Which Atlan users hold an admin role?”
  • “Add the new analysts to the Atlan governance group.”

See all 17 Atlan tools →

What connecting Atlan gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Atlan account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List all Atlan groups and their member counts.

Which Atlan users hold an admin role?

Add the new analysts to the Atlan governance group.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about Atlan groups, get real answers.

Type a question in plain language and read live Atlan users and roles.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

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https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

 • Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Atlan.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Create a Atlan group Create Create a new group in Atlan by wrapping group details in a group object with attributes (alias and isDefault as arrays of strings) and an internal name. Returns: group. Required: group.attributes.alias, group.name. The internal name must be unique, all lowercase, and include only alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_).
List all Atlan groups List List all groups in Atlan. Returns group records including id, path, name, attributes (alias, isDefault, description), roles, and createdAt. Supports sorting by a property such as createdAt and column projection to restrict the fields returned.
Atlan groups get by name Get Retrieve groups in Atlan by name using a contains (ilike) search on the alias field. Returns a list of matching group records including id, path, name, attributes (alias, isDefault, description), roles, and createdAt. Required: filter.
Atlan groups get members Get List users that are members of an Atlan group by providing the group's GUID. Returns each member user's id, username, and email. Required: group_id.
Update a Atlan group by ID Update Update an Atlan group's attributes such as description and default group status. Returns: id, path, attributes. Required: id, path. The path must be the internal group name prefixed with /, and all attribute values are arrays of strings.

Tool catalog

17 Atlan tools, zero custom code.

Groups, users, roles and SSO group mappings, with every method already wired.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Data governance toolbox

Atlan · groups and policies

 Atlan starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

IT operations toolbox

Atlan · users and provisioning

 — 9 Mar 2, 2026

Security toolbox

Atlan · roles and SSO group mappings

 — 24 Feb 27, 2026

Data engineering toolbox

Atlan · group membership for pipeline owners

 Atlan starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Analytics toolbox

Atlan · user access to workspaces

 — 31 Jan 30, 2026

People operations toolbox

Atlan · joiners and leavers

 — 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Atlan toolbox.

Curate one toolbox per team so each sees only the Atlan tools it needs.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
AT

Atlan (Data governance)

Connected by Emily Carter

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
AT

Atlan (IT operations)

Connected by Jake Morgan

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
AT

Atlan (Security)

Connected by Megan Brooks

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
AT

Atlan (Analytics)

Connected by Tyler Reed

 Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
AT

Atlan (Platform engineering)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

 Personal • Active Not shared
AT

Atlan (Contractors)

Connected by Ashley Parker

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Share an Atlan account, never the key.

See who connected each Atlan account and which teams and members work through it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

 Atlan Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

 Atlan Groups Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

 Atlan Groups List Toolbox

Audit log

Every Atlan call is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each group and user change.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Atlan digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch groups

    Atlan

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s

  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Atlan

    Queued

Automations

A schedule fires, Atlan work gets done.

Fetch Atlan groups, group them, draft a digest, approve, post it back.

Atlan health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the groups collection

Live

Groups

1,284 ↓ 12%

Users

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Groups created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Data governance 34%

IT operations 27%

Security 21%

Analytics 18%

Collections and dashboards

Atlan health, counted and refreshed on schedule.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, no model involved.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Atlan

All three can connect Atlan to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Atlan, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Atlan tools Allow or restrict single Atlan tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Atlan call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Atlan tools for your AI agents

17 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Atlan, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

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Questions, answered

How do I connect Atlan to Claude?

Connect Atlan in Elaichi first: you paste an Atlan API key from your Atlan tenant, and there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the Elaichi endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Atlan is available in your next conversation.

Does Atlan work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Atlan is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Atlan once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Atlan data?

Through this connector an agent works with the people side of Atlan: users, groups, roles and SSO group mappings. It can create a user and add them to groups, change someone's role, create or update a group and see who is in it, remove members, list the roles in your tenant, and create, update or delete the mappings between your identity provider groups and Atlan groups. It does not manage catalog assets, glossaries or lineage through this connector.

Does connecting Atlan give the AI access to my whole Atlan tenant?

No. Every request runs under the Atlan API key of the person who connected, so the agent can only do what that key is allowed to do in Atlan. Elaichi can narrow that further by turning off individual actions for a role, and it can never grant more than the key already has.

Can my team share one Atlan connection?

Yes. One administrator connects Atlan with an API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else on the team ever handles the key. Each person still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names who created a user or changed a group, not just the shared connection.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Atlan?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow listing Atlan users and groups while restricting deleting SSO group mappings, removing members or changing roles. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to an Atlan connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Atlan through every client at once. If they had shared an Atlan connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. If you want it gone entirely, disconnecting Atlan once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client.

Does the Atlan MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Atlan is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Atlan?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Atlan. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Atlan call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Atlan?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Atlan: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Atlan in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Connect Atlan Talk to us

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot