# MotherDuck Documentation - Getting started

> Getting started with MotherDuck serverless cloud data warehouse.

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 Getting started context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/llms-full.txt) (39 pages; 44,181 bytes; ~11,033 tokens).

## Child contexts

- [MotherDuck Tutorial full context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/e2e-tutorial/llms-full.txt): Complete end-to-end tutorial to get started with MotherDuck and DuckDB (5 pages; 27,137 bytes; ~6,774 tokens). [Index](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/e2e-tutorial/llms.txt).
- [Interfaces full context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/llms-full.txt): MotherDuck Offers a variety of interfaces (APIs) for integration (21 pages; 67,391 bytes; ~16,817 tokens). [Index](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/interfaces/llms.txt).
- [Example Datasets full context](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/sample-data-queries/llms-full.txt): A collections of open datasets and queries to get you started with DuckDB and MotherDuck (9 pages; 53,907 bytes; ~13,475 tokens). [Index](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/sample-data-queries/llms.txt).

## Direct pages

- [Data Warehousing Overview](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/data-warehouse): Learn to use MotherDuck as a Data Warehouse
- [Customer-Facing Analytics Overview](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/customer-facing-analytics): Build customer-facing embedded analytics with MotherDuck. Per-user isolation, sub-second SQL dashboards, and white-label analytics for SaaS—no complex infrastructure needed.
- [Talk to Your Data with AI](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started/mcp-getting-started): Get started with the MotherDuck MCP Server to analyze your data using natural language with Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants
- [Getting Started](https://motherduck.com/docs/getting-started): Getting started with MotherDuck serverless cloud data warehouse.