Build powerful Databricks AI agents that act on live business data

Connect AI builds and manages secure, governed MCP access to your real-time business data for Agent Bricks agents and Databricks AI

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What if Databricks agents could intelligently access your business context in minutes?

Multi-Agent Workflows

Connect 350+ enterprise data sources to Agent Bricks through one MCP server layer—available natively in Databricks' MCP Catalog. Query and update live data from Salesforce to NetSuite in real time alongside your Lakehouse data.

Agent Bricks Supervisor

Use Connect AI across Agent Bricks to give agents governable read/write access to any enterprise system. Full identity management, permissions, and audit trails integrated with Unity Catalog governance.

MCP Marketplace

Find Connect AI in the Databricks MCP Marketplace for instant enterprise connectivity. Build agents that understand your data's relationships and business logic, enriching your Databricks intelligence with live business context.

Give Databricks agents real-time, semantic-rich access to your enterprise data

Purpose-built MCP for Agent Bricks performance

Validated by Databricks as a native offering in MCP Marketplace, purpose-built to deliver industry-leading MCP performance, query speed, and reliability. Our managed platform handles high-concurrency agent workloads with intelligent caching and live access to 350+ systems—completing your Lakehouse with real-time enterprise data.

Set up in minutes

No code, no deployments, no complexity. Authenticate your sources in Connect AI, add from the MCP Marketplace, and instantly build agents that read, write, and automate across business systems—while keeping Databricks as your analytical foundation.

Smarter, token-efficient data access

Connect AI handles data discovery so agents don't waste tokens on schema reasoning. Our semantic layer automatically manages relationships, joins, and filters—returning only relevant data per interaction while keeping compute costs predictable.

Enterprise-grade security and governance

Every agent action flows through Connect AI's governed control plane, honoring Unity Catalog permissions with full encryption and logging along the way. Launch production-ready agents that work safely with both Lakehouse and business data while ensuring compliance.

A trusted Databricks partner

“The launch of CData's Managed MCP Platform on the Databricks Marketplace simplifies the path to production AI for the enterprise. It allows our Agent Bricks users to provision production-grade connectivity in minutes to hundreds of external data sources with a single click. This capability significantly accelerates their ability to build context-aware AI apps and agents that deliver real business impact.”

— Ariel Amster, Director, Technology Partner Management, Databricks

IT & Operations Professionals

Deploy Agent Bricks agents with live, governed business data at lightspeed

Safely connect enterprise systems using existing user permission policies to deliver Databricks agents that deliver real business impact without ungoverned data access.

Every AI query enforces the user's existing source system permissions—automatically, at runtime.
OAuth/SAML identity passthrough with user-level access enforcement
No parallel permission mapping or role configuration required
Further manage user permissions with least-privilege controls

Business Users

Take Databricks agents to the next level with connected data

Enable Agent Bricks agents to perform analysis and take action on your real enterprise data.

Full controls and visibility for IT
Query multiple sources at once
Reduce Agent Bricks hallucinations
Instantly deliver leadership-ready insights and reports

Every system, one MCP endpoint

Connect Agent Bricks to 350+ enterprise systems through a single managed platform. Advanced query pushdown executes joins, filters, and aggregations at the source—so Agent Bricks tokens are spent on reasoning, not data wrangling.

Smarter answers, smaller token footprint

Source-level semantic intelligence teaches Agent Bricks the schema, metadata, and business logic behind your data. Create curated, multi-source data collections with custom tools to direct Agent Bricks for specific use cases.

Your security model, extended to Agent Bricks

Identity-first security with OAuth/SSO passthrough enforces existing source system permissions automatically, at runtime. Least-privilege controls, CRUD restrictions, and comprehensive audit trails satisfy your strictest compliance requirements.

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MCP connectivity that goes beyond the Databricks ecosystem

Managed MCP with Connect AI

Individual user MCP connections

One governed MCP connection for Agent Bricks to 350+ enterprise systems—CRMs, ERPs, databases, analytics, and more—under a single governed layer.

Each data source requires a separate MCP server with its own tools, authentication and policies.

A unified response format model that returns data in a standardized semantic interface Agent Bricks can interpret reliably, increasing token efficiency by pushing computation to the query engine instead of LLM

Agent Bricks must filter, join, and group datasets logically through code, consuming up to 10X more tokens and ballooning costs in some cases

Universal MCP tools built for Agent Bricks—plus the ability to define custom MCP tools for specialized workflows.

Varied based on each individual API, adding to MCP context bloat and overwhelming Agent Bricks thinking windows

Centralized governance control plane for IT to monitor usage, enforce permissions, and audit all data access across agents and users.

Connections are configured ad hoc by users, with limited visibility or centralized access governance.

Learn more about connected data for Databricks

Why connected data is a game changer for Agent Bricks agents
Why trust CData with your MCP data connectivity
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