Configuring IBM Bob to connect to the MCP server

Configuration file location

The IBM Bob configuration file is located at:

~/Library/Application Support/Bob-IDE/User/globalStorage/ibm.bob-code/settings/mcp_settings.json

Configuration procedure

1. Open the IBM Bob configuration file in a text editor.

2. Add the following configuration:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "IBM watsonx.data MCP Server": {
         "command": "/path/to/ibm-watsonxdata-mcp-server",
         "args": ["--transport", "stdio"],
         "env": {
           "WATSONX_DATA_BASE_URL": ""https://<your-instance>.lakehouse.cloud.ibm.com/lakehouse/api",
           "WATSONX_DATA_API_KEY": "<your_api_key_here>",
           "WATSONX_DATA_INSTANCE_ID": "crn:v1:<bluemix:public:lakehouse:us-south/a/...>"
         }
       }
     }
   }
   

3. Save the configuration file.

4. Restart IBM Bob.