MCP Tools Reference: dataplex.googleapis.com

Tool: lookup_context

Retrieves rich metadata regarding one or more data assets along with their relationships.

The following sample demonstrate how to use curl to invoke the lookup_context MCP tool.

Curl Request 
                  
curl --location 'https://dataplex.googleapis.com/mcp' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
--data '{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "lookup_context",
    "arguments": {
      // provide these details according to the tool's MCP specification
    }
  },
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1
}'

Input Schema

Lookup Context using permissions in the source system.

LookupContextRequest

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "resources": [
    string
  ]
}
Fields
name

string

Required. The project to which the request should be attributed in the following form: projects/{project}/locations/{location}.
resources[]

string

Required. A list of up to 10 resource names from the same location. Name of a resource is in the following format: projects/{project_id_or_number}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/{group}/entries/{entry}. Example for a BigQuery table: 'projects/{project_id_or_number}/locations/{location}/entryGroups/@bigquery/entries/bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/{project_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/tables/{table_id}'. This is the same value which is returned by the search_entries tool's response in the dataplexEntry.name field.

Output Schema

Lookup Context response.

LookupContextResponse

JSON representation 
{
  "context": string
}
Fields
context

string

LLM Context for the requested resources.

Tool Annotations

Destructive Hint: ❌ | Idempotent Hint: ✅ | Read Only Hint: ✅ | Open World Hint: ✅