Everything you can do in the Summand dashboard is also available programmatically. There are two main entry points:Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.summand.com/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
- API keys + REST API. Personal keys for scripts, automations, and custom integrations.
- MCP server. A hosted Model Context Protocol endpoint that gives any OAuth-aware AI client (claude.ai, ChatGPT, Cursor) read access to your datasets and their semantic layer.
Pick a path
Quickstart
Sign up, upload a dataset, and connect an AI client in under five minutes.
MCP server overview
What the server exposes, how it authenticates, and which tools are available.
Generate an API key
Create a personal key for the Summand REST API.
Connect an MCP client
Step-by-step setup for claude.ai and ChatGPT.
When to use which
| You want to… | Use |
|---|---|
| Ask questions in natural language from Claude or ChatGPT | MCP server |
| Script a one-off analysis or build a custom integration | REST API + API key |
| Embed Summand-derived insights in your own product | REST API |
| Let an AI agent explore your datasets autonomously | MCP server |
What’s exposed
Whichever path you choose, you can:- List and inspect the datasets you own or have been shared.
- Read column statistics, feature metadata, and EBM-derived feature effects.
- Pull surprise findings and the dataset’s report template.
- Compare schemas across datasets.