# Overview

> Learn how Holistics AI is connected to external tools via MCP Server

Holistics MCP Server brings your Holistics data into the AI tools you already use. Your data team sets it up once — after that, anyone on the team can start asking questions.

<VideoPlayer src="https://media.holistics.io/8ca9f9ed-McpWithToolsVideo.mp4" autoPlay={false} />

**With Holistics MCP, you can:**

- **Ask data questions in natural language** — just type your question; no SQL or technical knowledge required
- **Stay in the tools your team already uses** — connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Slack, or any MCP-compatible AI interface
- **Do everything you can do with [Holistics AI](/docs/ai/capabilities)** — explore and query data, browse dashboards, build models and datasets, and more — all without opening Holistics 
- **Leverage your AI tool's full capabilities** — extended context, memory across a conversation, multi-step reasoning, and any other features your AI tool brings
- **Get answers grounded in your business logic** — responses use the metrics and definitions your data team has built in Holistics, not raw database guessing
- **Work within your existing access controls** — data access and edit permissions follow your Holistics account automatically