BigQuery Remote MCP Extension for Gemini CLI
A Gemini CLI extension from Google Cloud that connects Gemini CLI to the hosted BigQuery MCP server, so a user can ask in plain language to list datasets, inspect tables, run queries or build forecasts.
What it does
A Gemini CLI extension from Google Cloud that connects Gemini CLI to the hosted BigQuery MCP server, so a user can ask in plain language to list datasets, inspect tables, run queries or build forecasts. It holds no server code of its own: the tools come from the remote endpoint, documented in Google's BigQuery MCP reference. Authentication uses Application Default Credentials, and the user needs the MCP Tool User role and the BigQuery API enabled in the project. Installation is one gemini extensions install command. Limits carry over from the remote server: three-minute query time, 3,000 result rows and no Drive external tables.
Capabilities
- Connect Gemini CLI to the BigQuery remote MCP server
- List datasets in a project
- Find tables and schemas and run queries
- Create forecasts on a table
Install
- Run this to add it to Gemini CLI:
gemini extensions install https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/bigquery-remote-mcp
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tool | BigQuery | |
| Publisher | Google Cloud | source |
| Official status | Officialpublished in Google's GoogleCloudPlatform organisation for Google's own BigQuery service | source |
| Status | Preview | source |
| Connection | Remote (hosted, you connect over the internet) | source |
| Can change data | Yes | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Yes | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Gemini CLI | source |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Apr 7, 20266 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository |
Sources
- README (README.md)github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/bigquery-remote-mcp · Backs: AI clients, Connection, Needs an API key or sign-in, Official status, StatusNov 12, 2026
- Web pagedocs.cloud.google.com · Backs: Can change dataNov 12, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/bigquery-remote-mcp · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/bigquery-remote-mcp · Backs: PublisherNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/googlecloudplatform/bigquery-remote-mcp · Backs: Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
- GitHub API recordgithub.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/bigquery-remote-mcpNov 10, 2026