Google Data Studio for AI agents
Google Data Studio (Looker Studio) is Google's dashboarding tool for turning data into shareable reports, with an asset API for managing sharing permissions. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.
What agents do in Google Data Studio.
Find a specific report
Search organizational assets to locate the right dashboard before sharing it with a stakeholder.
Check who can access a report
Look up the current sharing permissions on a dashboard before adding a new viewer.
Grant view access with approval
Add a colleague to a report's viewer list only after the report owner approves the request.
5 Google Data Studio actions, graded by risk.
Every Google Data Studio action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.
read
2Look things up. Allowed by default.
- google_data_studio.search_assetsSearch Assets
- google_data_studio.get_asset_permissionsGet Asset Permissions
write
2Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.
- google_data_studio.add_members_to_asset_roleAdd Members to Asset Role
- google_data_studio.replace_asset_permissionsReplace Asset Permissions
destructive
1Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.
- google_data_studio.revoke_asset_member_permissionsRevoke Asset Member Permissions
Google Data Studio in three steps.
- 01Your users connect Google Data StudioThey sign in to Google Data Studio on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
- 02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “add Members to Asset Role” can wait for the user, and “revoke Asset Member Permissions” can be denied outright.
- 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Google Data Studio through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
await arc0.policies.set('google_data_studio', { read: 'allow', write: 'ask', // add_members_to_asset_role destructive: 'deny', // revoke_asset_member_permissions }) # Claude Code: the same connection, one URL $ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \ https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
How Google Data Studio connects.
Users sign in to Google Data Studio on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Google Data Studio OAuth app, or bring your own so the Google Data Studio consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.
The same Google Data Studio connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →
- AUTH
- OAuth 2.0
- CREDENTIALS
- Per-tenant encrypted vault
- MODEL SEES
- Results only, never credentials
- AUDIT LOG
- Every call, on every plan
Use Google Data Studio from any agent.
Google Data Studio and Arc0, answered.
Can I use Google Data Studio with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?
Yes. Connect Google Data Studio to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Google Data Studio actions you allow.
How do users connect Google Data Studio?
Users sign in to Google Data Studio on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Google Data Studio OAuth app, or bring your own so the Google Data Studio consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.
Which Google Data Studio actions can my agent take?
5 in total: 2 read, 2 write and 1 destructive, such as “add Members to Asset Role”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.
Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Google Data Studio?
Yes. Actions like “revoke Asset Member Permissions” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.
Can my own backend call Google Data Studio too?
Yes. The same Google Data Studio connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.
Plug Google Data Studio into your agent.
Your users connect Google Data Studio once, under your brand. Your agent gets 5 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.
Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan