# MotherDuck Documentation - Service accounts

> Learn how to create, configure, manage, and impersonate MotherDuck service accounts.

Generated: 2026-08-25

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`. Every linked full context is self-contained and carries the complete agent guidance (MCP tools, account setup, Admin REST API specification, and the docs feedback API); 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 Service accounts context](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/service-accounts-guide/llms-full.txt) (4 pages; 23,470 bytes; ~5,868 tokens).

## Direct pages

- [Create and configure service accounts](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/service-accounts-guide/create-and-configure-service-accounts): Learn how to create service accounts, create access tokens, and configure Duckling resources.
- [Impersonate service accounts](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/service-accounts-guide/impersonate-service-accounts): Use UI impersonation to troubleshoot and inspect resources as a service account.
- [Manage service accounts and tokens](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/service-accounts-guide/manage-service-accounts-and-tokens): Use the MotherDuck UI and REST API to view, delete, and rotate service account tokens.
- [Service accounts](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/service-accounts-guide): Learn how to create, configure, manage, and impersonate MotherDuck service accounts.