cb-analytics-mcp setup

You're helping the user bring up or tune a cb-analytics-mcp installation. This skill covers configuration, validation, and the operator CLI.

Required env vars (server refuses to start without these)

• MCP_API_KEY — bearer token for Claude. Min 32 chars. Generate: python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(48))"
• At least one of:
  • Single cluster: CB_ANALYTICS_HOST and CB_ANALYTICS_PASSWORD
  • Multi cluster: CB_ANALYTICS_CLUSTERS_FILE pointing at a JSON array
• If GUI is enabled (default): GUI_SESSION_SECRET (≥32 chars) and a non-default GUI_PASSWORD.

Validation flow

Always recommend cb-analytics-mcp --check before make run. It returns: