# MotherDuck Documentation - Python

> Connect and query MotherDuck from Python

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 Python context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python/llms-full.txt) (5 pages; 12,411 bytes; ~3,101 tokens).

## Direct pages

- [DuckDB Python installation and authentication](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python/installation-authentication): How to install DuckDB and connect to MotherDuck
- [Specify MotherDuck database](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python/choose-database): Specify MotherDuck database
- [Loading data into MotherDuck with Python](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python/loading-data-into-md): Load CSV, Parquet, and JSON files into MotherDuck from local, S3, or HTTPS sources using Python.
- [Query data](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python/query-data): Execute SQL queries against MotherDuck using Python with hybrid local and cloud execution.
- [Python](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/client-apis/python): Connect and query MotherDuck from Python