topic Re: New Qlik MCP Tools: AI That Builds, Scripts, and Reloads Apps in Qlik MCP Server

New Qlik MCP Tools: AI That Builds, Scripts, and Reloads Apps

marksouzacosta — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:58:57 GMT

Anyone else been watching the Qlik MCP tool catalog grow? The newest batch covers the Application Script Lifecycle, and it's a meaningful step past the "read-only" tools we've had so far.

With qlik_create_app, qlik_get_script, and qlik_update_script, an assistant can now write and rewrite a load script directly. Pair that with qlik_start_app_reload, qlik_get_reload_status, qlik_get_reload_log, and qlik_cancel_app_reload, and it can run the reload, watch it, pull the log if it fails, and try again. qlik_get_data_model closes the loop by confirming what actually landed in the app.

I put this to the test in a new video: had an AI assistant create an app, build a script off a real dataset, reload it, and report back on the resulting data model - start to finish, no manual steps in the hub.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/cwP8p7QEbQw

Curious what others are building with these - especially if anyone's chained them into a larger automation with the Automations tool set. Drop your setup below if you've tried it.

Regards,

Mark Costa

Re: New Qlik MCP Tools: AI That Builds, Scripts, and Reloads Apps

Tool_Tip — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:16:07 GMT

Dear Mark,

We came across your post regarding connecting Qlik Sense with Claude, and we found it very interesting. We would like to understand whether a similar integration is possible for an on-premises Qlik Sense environment.

Currently, we are running Qlik Sense Enterprise on-premises, and there are no immediate plans to migrate to Qlik Cloud.

We have developed our own in-house AI agent and are interested in connecting Qlik Sense with our AI agent. Could you please let us know if an on-premises Qlik MCP Server is available, or if there is any recommended approach for integrating an on-premises Qlik Sense environment with an external AI agent?

Any guidance or documentation you could share would be greatly appreciated.

Re: New Qlik MCP Tools: AI That Builds, Scripts, and Reloads Apps

marksouzacosta — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:14:35 GMT

Thank you @Tool_Tip.

I'm almost sure Qlik is working on an official Qlik Sense MCP Server but so far, there is no release date. Meanwhile I think you can give a try to some non-official projects such as https://github.com/bintocher/qlik-sense-mcp

Regards,

Mark Costa

Re: New Qlik MCP Tools: AI That Builds, Scripts, and Reloads Apps

Tool_Tip — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:28:00 GMT

Thank you Mark.
We will try it for sure.