Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local): MCP server

What Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local) does

According to its repository: “The Power BI Authoring MCP server lets an AI agent create and change Power BI semantic models.”

An MCP server gives an AI agent extra tools it calls during the conversation: the agent reads their description, decides to use them and gets the result back. Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local) is listed under Security, a category of 133 servers in the directory, where it ranks #7 by stars.

Installing and connecting Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local)

Distribution modes declared in the official MCP registry:

• npm package (Node.js, usually started with npx)

Like any MCP server, you declare it in your client's configuration (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex…): a name, the command that starts it or its URL, and any environment variables. The client then starts it and lists its tools.

Security: what to check

An MCP server runs code with the rights you give it, and the model reads its tool descriptions: a malicious or compromised server can hijack the agent. Read the code, or pick a maintained and widely used server, before connecting it.

None of the risk signals we track (system access, secrets, missing licence, abandonment) applies to Power BI Authoring MCP Server (Local). That does not replace reading the code.

Good practice: grant only the rights needed (least privilege), require human approval for irreversible actions, and run the AI agent security check.

Project activity and maintenance

Created on October 16, 2025, the microsoft/powerbi-modeling-mcp repository has 1,247 stars and 225 forks, with 53 open issues. It has more stars than 93% of the servers in the directory. It received changes this month. Version published in the registry: 1.0.0 (September 25, 2026).

Stars measure attention, not quality: a recent, heavily promoted project can collect them fast, while a useful but niche server will have few.