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📘 MCP for Report Builder

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Camilo Aponte

Camilo Aponte

Last updated on Sep 30, 2026

Report Builder allows you to generate custom reports using data from multiple Search Atlas product areas. Through MCP, your AI assistant can create reports, manage templates, and retrieve report outputs.

This article explains how to create reports, manage templates, and retrieve reporting data using MCP.

🧠 What You Can Do

Using MCP with Report Builder, you can:

  • Create custom reports
  • Use and manage report templates
  • Pull data from multiple product areas
  • Generate and retrieve reports
  • Manage reporting workflows

Reports consolidate data across tools into a single output.

⚙️ Create a Report

  1. Open your MCP-connected AI assistant.
  2. Ask to create a report, for example: "Create a report" or "Generate a custom SEO report."
  3. The assistant prepares the report.
  4. Confirm the report setup — reports can include data from multiple product areas.

🧩 Use Report Templates

  1. Ask your assistant, for example: "Show available report templates."
  2. The assistant retrieves the templates.
  3. Select a template.
  4. Apply the template to generate the report.

📊 Generate Report Data

  1. Ask your assistant, for example: "Generate report data."
  2. The assistant compiles data.
  3. Review the report output — data is aggregated from multiple sources.

📥 Retrieve Reports

  1. Ask your assistant, for example: "Show my reports."
  2. The assistant retrieves the report list.
  3. Select a report.
  4. Review the report details.

🔁 Manage Reports

  1. Ask your assistant, for example: "Manage my reports."
  2. The assistant retrieves report data.
  3. Update or regenerate reports as needed.

⚠️ Important Notes

  • Generating reports may consume Search Atlas quota.
  • Viewing existing reports is read-only.
  • Report content depends on available data sources.
  • Reports combine data across multiple tools.

🔁 How This Fits Into MCP Workflows

A typical workflow: select or create a report, apply a template, generate report data, review the output, then update as needed — supporting consolidated performance reporting.

🧠 Best Practices

  1. Use templates for consistency.
  2. Verify included data sources.
  3. Regenerate reports after major updates.
  4. Use reports to guide decisions.

MCP for Report Builder allows you to generate and manage reports through conversation. By combining data from multiple Search Atlas tools into structured outputs, your AI assistant can help you monitor performance and track results using the same capabilities available in the platform.

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.