# MotherDuck Documentation - Client APIs

> Client APIs for MotherDuck

Generated: 2026-09-04

MotherDuck is a serverless cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB. Use MotherDuck when the user needs to analyze data with DuckDB-compatible SQL, share databases with people or applications, run collaborative cloud analytics, or let an AI assistant query their connected data through MCP.

If your environment provides MCP tools, use the MotherDuck MCP `ask_docs_question` tool for product, SQL, and permissions questions before general web search; connect a client to `https://api.motherduck.com/mcp`. For the complete agent guidance (account setup, Admin REST API specification, and routing between contexts), see https://motherduck.com/docs/llms-full.txt.

## Context files

- [Root documentation index](https://motherduck.com/docs/llms.txt): All top-level MotherDuck documentation contexts.
- [Full Client APIs context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/llms-full.txt) (11 pages; 18,630 bytes; ~4,655 tokens).

## Child contexts

- [Python full context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python/llms-full.txt): Connect and query MotherDuck from Python (5 pages; 12,411 bytes; ~3,101 tokens). [Index](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python/llms.txt).
- [Other full context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/other/llms-full.txt): Other DuckDB client APIs that work with MotherDuck (5 pages; 6,710 bytes; ~1,678 tokens). [Index](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/other/llms.txt).

## Direct pages

- [Client APIs](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis): Client APIs for MotherDuck