# MotherDuck Documentation - Flights

> Create, schedule, run, and monitor Flights — scheduled Python jobs on MotherDuck compute — through the MotherDuck MCP server.

Generated: 2026-08-25

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## Context files

- [Root documentation index](https://motherduck.com/docs/llms.txt): All top-level MotherDuck documentation contexts.
- [Full Flights context](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/llms-full.txt) (12 pages; 31,627 bytes; ~7,887 tokens).

## Direct pages

- [get_flight_guide](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/get-flight-guide): Load the canonical instructions for authoring, scheduling, running, and troubleshooting MotherDuck Flights.
- [list_flights](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/list-flights): List Flights with summary metadata, optionally filtered by keywords.
- [get_flight](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/get-flight): Fetch a Flight's metadata and version snapshot by UUID, optionally at a specific historical version.
- [list_flight_versions](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/list-flight-versions): List the version history of a Flight, newest first.
- [create_flight](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/create-flight): Create a new Flight from Python source code, requirements, and an optional schedule.
- [update_flight](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/update-flight): Update a Flight's source, requirements, config, token, secrets, name, or schedule.
- [edit_flight_source](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/edit-flight-source): Edit a Flight's source code with one or more find-and-replace operations, producing a new version.
- [delete_flight](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/delete-flight): Permanently delete a Flight, its versions, schedule, and run history.
- [run_flight](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/run-flight): Trigger an on-demand execution of a Flight using its current version.
- [list_flight_runs](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/list-flight-runs): List the execution history of a Flight, newest first.
- [get_flight_run_logs](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/get-flight-run-logs): Fetch the logs and run record for a single Flight run.
- [cancel_flight_run](https://motherduck.com/docs/sql-reference/mcp/flights/cancel-flight-run): Cancel an in-progress Flight run.