Install the Snowplow CLI and configure an MCP client

To use the Snowplow MCP tools with your AI assistant, you'll need to install and authenticate the Snowplow CLI.

Install#

You have three options for running the Snowplow CLI:

• Install via Homebrew
• Run via npx - no installation required if you have node.js set up
• Download the binary directly (not recommended)

Homebrew

bash

brew install snowplow/taps/snowplow-cli

# Run using
snowplow-cli

npx

bash

# Run using
npx -y @snowplow/snowplow-cli

Direct download

bash

curl -L -o snowplow-cli https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-cli/releases/latest/download/snowplow-cli_linux_x86_64
chmod u+x snowplow-cli

# Run using
snowplow-cli

Authenticate#

Use the built-in setup command to authenticate the Snowplow CLI with your Snowplow account:

bash

snowplow-cli setup

For more details on configuring the Snowplow CLI, check out the main documentation.