Snowflake Cortex

Operate your BI layer agentically by pairing Lightdash with Snowflake’s Cortex Code agent.

Cortex Code is Snowflake’s coding agent, with Snowflake-native tools and RBAC governance built in. Pair it with Lightdash and you can operate your BI layer agentically.

For broader guidance on using AI coding agents with Lightdash, see Editing dashboards with agents.

Integration options

There are three ways to integrate Cortex with Lightdash:

Method	Best for	Auth required	Where it works
Skills	Operating Lightdash as an expert: building your semantic layer, developing charts and dashboards, shipping dashboards as code, and vibe coding dashboards	None	Locally (via the Lightdash CLI)
Lightdash MCP	Searching your semantic layer and executing queries	Lightdash login	Locally and in Snowsight Cortex
Docs MCP	Looking up anything in the Lightdash docs	None (public)	Anywhere

You can use any combination of these together.

Skills

Skills are the best way to get Cortex operating Lightdash as an expert. They teach the agent how to:

• Build your semantic layer
• Develop charts and dashboards
• Ship dashboards as code
• Vibe code dashboards

Skills are powered by the Lightdash CLI.

Install skills for Cortex in your project:

lightdash install-skills --agent cortex

Or install them globally so they’re available across all your projects:

lightdash install-skills --agent cortex --global

For more details, see the Agent skills guide.

Lightdash MCP

The Lightdash MCP is best for searching through your semantic layer and executing queries. Unlike skills, the MCP also works in Snowsight Cortex — not just locally. It requires you to log in to Lightdash.

Add the Lightdash MCP to Cortex:

cortex mcp add lightdash https://<yourapp>.lightdash.cloud/api/v1/mcp

Replace <yourapp> with your Lightdash instance name.

Docs MCP

The Docs MCP is public and requires no login. It lets Cortex look up anything in the Lightdash documentation — generally very useful alongside the other integrations.

Add the Docs MCP to Cortex:

cortex mcp add lightdash https://docs.lightdash.com