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title: "Hex MCP server for AI agents - actionlake"
description: "Give Claude 60 Hex actions through one MCP server: cells, projects, data connections, groups. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free."
canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/hex
updated: 2026-10-23
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Connectors · Observability & analytics

# Hex MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Hex and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 60 Hex actions (28 reads, 27 writes and 5 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Hex credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Hex's limits and records every call.

[Connect Hex free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you.

`claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`

the first call

```
do {
  action: "hex.users.list",
  intent: "check which Hex account is connected"
}
# List users · read · 1 upstream call
```

- 60 actions in one signed file
- 28 read look, never change
- 27 write create and update
- 5 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first

Set up

## Connect Hex in three steps.

1. 01
   ### Add actionlake to Claude.
   Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us.
   `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`
2. 02
   ### Connect Hex.
   Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key.
   - `access_token` Hex API token
   - `host` Where your Hex lives: your host
   ```
   account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "hex" }
   # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you
   ```
3. 03
   ### Make the first call. Check before a write.
   Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free.
   ```
   do    { action: "hex.users.list" }
   # list users · read · 1 upstream call
   check { action: "hex.groups.create", input: { … } }
   # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
   ```

Hex at a glance

**Sign-in**

Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead.

**You provide**

`access_token`

**Setup fields**

`host`

**Limits we pace to**

60 calls a minute, per connection

**API covered**

Hex API 1.0.0 (OpenAPI 3.0.3)`app.hex.tech`

**Built from**

Hex's documentation, read 23 October 2026[static.hex.site](https://static.hex.site/openapi.json) [learn.hex.tech](https://learn.hex.tech/docs/api/api-reference)

**Service file**

Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)

**Cached reads**

25 of 28 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects

**Shared entities**

5, so ask can line Hex up with your other systems

**Data**

Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

## What an AI agent can do in Hex.

60 actions in 16 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

- **28** read look, never change
- **27** write create and update
- **5** destructive wait for a confirmation

1. ### Cells
   7
   4 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   Create a cell · List a project's cells · Get a cell · Get a chart cell's image
2. ### Projects
   7
   4 read · 3 write · 0 destructive
   List projects · Create a project · Get a project · Update a project's status
3. ### Data connections
   5
   2 read · 3 write · 0 destructive
   Create a data connection · List data connections · Get a data connection · Edit a data connection
4. ### Groups
   5
   2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
   List groups · Create a group · Get a group · Edit a group's name and members
5. ### Project runs
   5
   3 read · 1 write · 1 destructive
   Run a project · List a project's runs · Get a run's status · Cancel a run
6. ### Suggestions
   5
   2 read · 3 write · 0 destructive
   List suggestions · Get a suggestion · Trigger a suggestion review · Update a suggestion's status
7. ### Threads
   5
   3 read · 2 write · 0 destructive
   Start an agent thread · Send a follow-up prompt to a thread · List agent threads · List a thread's messages
8. ### Collections
   4
   2 read · 2 write · 0 destructive
   List collections · Create a collection · Edit a collection · Get a collection

**8 more areas · 17 actions**

- Guides **4**
- Project sharing **4**
- Users **3**
- Semantic projects **2**
- Agent usage **1**
- Credit grants **1**
- Embedding **1**
- Topics **1**

Top actions

## The Hex API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 20 of Hex's 20 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `hex.users.list` List users | List users. | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors |
| `hex.users.me` Get the token's user | Get the token's user. | read | `identity.current_user.get` 307 connectors |
| `hex.groups.list` List groups | List groups. | read | `identity.group.list` 262 connectors |
| `hex.projects.list` List projects | List projects. | read | `analytics.report.list` 37 connectors |
| `hex.groups.create` Create a group | Create a group. | write | `identity.group.create` 205 connectors |
| `hex.collections.list` List collections | List collections. | read | `content.folder.list` 62 connectors |
| `hex.groups.delete` Delete a group | Delete a group. | destructive | `identity.group.delete` 181 connectors |
| `hex.projects.create` Create a project | Create a project. | write | `analytics.report.create` 27 connectors |
| `hex.collections.create` Create a collection | Create a collection. | write | `content.folder.create` 62 connectors |
| `hex.project_runs.list` List a project's runs | List a project's runs. | read | `automation.workflow_run.list` 27 connectors |
| `hex.project_runs.get` Get a run's status | Get a run's status. | read | `automation.workflow_run.get` 27 connectors |
| `hex.cells.create` Create a cell | Create a cell. | write | this connector |

Try it

## Prompts to paste into Claude.

Each one names the Hex actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.

1. Read read
   Who has access in Hex? List every user and their role.
   calls `hex.users.list`
2. Write write
   Create a group in Hex. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
   calls `hex.groups.create`

Governance for Hex

## Destructive actions wait for a yes.

5 Hex actions are destructive. These are all of them:

- Delete a group `hex.groups.delete`
- Cancel a run `hex.project_runs.cancel`
- Delete a cell `hex.cells.delete`
- Deactivate a user `hex.users.deactivate`
- Delete a draft guide `hex.guides.delete_draft`

A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after.

do hex.groups.delete confirm_policy: **human**

Delete a group?

**intent:** the user asked me to delete a group

run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _hex-agent_ cannot confirm itself

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

```
account {
  op: "keys.create", name: "hex-agent",
  allowed_actions: ["hex.*"], cap_calls: 2000,
  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes",
  approval_rules: [
    { match: "hex.groups.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "hex.project_runs.cancel", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "hex.cells.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }
  ]
}
```

Illustrative. Scoped to Hex only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person.

Cost

## What Hex costs on actionlake.

Every Hex action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Hex refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

- 1 upstream call per action all 60 Hex actions
- 60 actions page each page of a long list is one call
- 25 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing
- 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000

[See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Action index

## Every Hex action.

60 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.

**Cells 7**

- `hex.cells.create` Create a cell write
- `hex.cells.delete` Delete a cell destructive
- `hex.cells.get` Get a cell read
- `hex.cells.get_chart_image` Get a chart cell's image read
- `hex.cells.get_output` Get a cell's output read
- `hex.cells.list` List a project's cells read
- `hex.cells.update` Update a cell write

**Projects 7**

- `hex.projects.create` Create a project write
- `hex.projects.export` Export a project read
- `hex.projects.get` Get a project read
- `hex.projects.list` List projects read
- `hex.projects.list_queried_tables` List the tables a project queries read
- `hex.projects.update` Update a project's status write
- `hex.projects.update_compute_profile` Update the compute profile of several projects write

**Data connections 5**

- `hex.data_connections.create` Create a data connection write
- `hex.data_connections.get` Get a data connection read
- `hex.data_connections.list` List data connections read
- `hex.data_connections.update` Edit a data connection write
- `hex.data_connections.update_schema` Update a data connection's schema metadata write

**Groups 5**

- `hex.groups.create` Create a group write
- `hex.groups.delete` Delete a group destructive
- `hex.groups.get` Get a group read
- `hex.groups.list` List groups read
- `hex.groups.update` Edit a group's name and members write

**Project runs 5**

- `hex.project_runs.cancel` Cancel a run destructive
- `hex.project_runs.create` Run a project write
- `hex.project_runs.get` Get a run's status read
- `hex.project_runs.get_chart_image` Get a chart image from a run read
- `hex.project_runs.list` List a project's runs read

**Suggestions 5**

- `hex.suggestions.get` Get a suggestion read
- `hex.suggestions.list` List suggestions read
- `hex.suggestions.review` Trigger a suggestion review write
- `hex.suggestions.update` Update a suggestion's status write
- `hex.suggestions.update_change` Update a suggested change write

**Threads 5**

- `hex.threads.create` Start an agent thread write
- `hex.threads.followup` Send a follow-up prompt to a thread write
- `hex.threads.get` Get an agent thread read
- `hex.threads.list` List agent threads read
- `hex.threads.list_messages` List a thread's messages read

**Collections 4**

- `hex.collections.create` Create a collection write
- `hex.collections.get` Get a collection read
- `hex.collections.list` List collections read
- `hex.collections.update` Edit a collection write

**Guides 4**

- `hex.guides.delete_draft` Delete a draft guide destructive
- `hex.guides.list_drafts` List draft guides read
- `hex.guides.publish` Publish draft guides write
- `hex.guides.upsert_drafts` Create or update draft guides write

**Project sharing 4**

- `hex.project_sharing.update_collections` Edit a project's collection sharing write
- `hex.project_sharing.update_groups` Edit a project's group sharing write
- `hex.project_sharing.update_users` Edit a project's user sharing write
- `hex.project_sharing.update_workspace_and_public` Edit a project's workspace and public sharing write

**Users 3**

- `hex.users.deactivate` Deactivate a user destructive
- `hex.users.list` List users read
- `hex.users.me` Get the token's user read

**Semantic projects 2**

- `hex.semantic_projects.ingest` Ingest a semantic project write
- `hex.semantic_projects.update` Update a semantic project's objects write

**Agent usage 1**

- `hex.agent_usage.list` List agent usage read

**Credit grants 1**

- `hex.credit_grants.list` List credit grants read

**Embedding 1**

- `hex.embedding.create_presigned_url` Create a presigned embedding URL write

**Topics 1**

- `hex.topics.list` List context topics read

Questions

## The Hex MCP server, answered.

**Is there a Hex MCP server for Claude?**

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 60 Hex actions across cells, projects, data connections and groups, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Hex.

**What do I need to connect Hex?**

Hex API token. Plus your host. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "hex" } lists exactly what to paste.

**Can an AI agent delete or change things in Hex?**

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 5 Hex actions are destructive, including delete a group, cancel a run and delete a cell. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it.

**Will an AI agent use up my Hex API limit?**

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Hex service file: 60 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (25 Hex actions can be), which never reaches Hex.

**What does a Hex action cost?**

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (60 Hex actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Hex refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

**Which Hex API does it cover?**

The Hex API 1.0.0 (OpenAPI 3.0.3) at app.hex.tech by default, or the base URL set when you connect. It is built from Hex's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 60 actions in 16 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

**Does actionlake keep my Hex data, and where?**

actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 5 minutes, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Hex credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models.

**Which AI clients can use it?**

Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names.

## More connectors like Hex

Shares the most action names with

- [Sigma Computing 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/sigma-computing)
- [Domo 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/domo)
- [Tableau 9](https://actionlake.com/connectors/tableau)
- [Zoho Analytics 9](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zoho-analytics)
- [Databricks 7](https://actionlake.com/connectors/databricks)
- [Looker 7](https://actionlake.com/connectors/looker)

Joins with, on shared entities

- [Filevine 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/filevine)
- [Bynder 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/bynder)
- [Zoho WorkDrive 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zoho-workdrive)
- [iManage Work 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/imanage-work)
- [Adobe Frame.io (V4) 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/adobe-frame-io-v4)
- [Rubrik Security Cloud 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/rubrik-security-cloud)

Browse

- [All Observability & analytics connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/observability-and-analytics)
- [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors)
- [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare)

actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Hex; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Hex service file, version 1.0.0.

## Give your agent Hex today.

[Connect Hex free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free.

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Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/hex
More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt