# Starburst L1 · Needs a person Starburst Galaxy is a data platform that runs SQL across many data sources. **Can an AI agent use Starburst? No.** Our agent couldn't get into Starburst on its own. Category: Data warehouses · Connects by: MCP, API, CLI, SDK · Agent payments: None found · Driven: 28 Oct 2026 **How to connect** - Docs page: `https://docs.starburst.io/` (tested in our drive). Source: https://docs.starburst.io/ **Level 1: Needs a person.** Agents can't get in on their own. - Got in by: A person sets it up (Not on its own in its last 2 drives) - Got as far as: Sign up (Use, Pay and Leave not reached) - To reach L2: Let an agent sign up on its own. 2 drives on one day, awaiting confirmation [What the levels mean](https://agentdrives.com/method/levels?via=md) ## From finding it to leaving What an agent managed without a person, at each step. 1. **Find**: On its own. Docs it can act on: an OpenAPI and an MCP server. 586 doc pages read. 2. **Get in**: Stopped. Can't sign up. The only sign-up form needs a visible "I'm not a robot" checkbox. Stopped here. 3. **Use**: Not reached. Tasks need an account. 4. **Pay**: Not reached. Buying needs an account. 5. **Leave**: Not reached. Nothing to cancel or delete. ## Getting in None of the 3 ways in worked without a person. Where it stopped: **Runs locally, no account**. The only sign-up form needs a visible "I'm not a robot" checkbox. - Both kinds of agent (On a server, or in its own browser): No. Signing up needs a person: it asks for a bot check. - Signed agent (Known to Cloudflare): No. The sign-up page opens. The CAPTCHA on the form stops them too. | Way in | What happened | |---|---| | Runs locally, no account | Stopped | | Email and code | Stopped by a CAPTCHA | | Sign-in for apps (OAuth, MCP) | Not tried: Not part of this drive | [How agents get past bot checks](https://agentdrives.com/guides/let-signed-agents-past-your-bot-check.md?via=md) ## What an agent can do with Starburst No task was tried: our agent couldn't get into Starburst. Core tasks Starburst offers an agent: - Run a federated SQL query across 50+ sources (API) - Connect a data source as a catalog (Web app) - List databases and read their schema across connected sources (API) - Land Kafka topics into query-ready Iceberg tables (Web app) - Land S3 files into query-ready Iceberg tables (Web app) - Automatically compact and clean up Iceberg tables (Web app) - Ask a natural-language question over governed data (MCP) What it can't do, and why: - Run a query or call the API or MCP server: All of them need an account. - Start the self-hosted edition: It needs a license that only sales hands out. - Create an API token: Tokens are documented as made only in the web app. 12 more tasks it offers: - Define a Data Product as YAML and version it in git (Web app) - Set row-level security and column masking on data (Web app) - Read the audit log of queries and access (Web app) - Run a BI tool (Tableau, Power BI) against the semantic layer (API) - Configure partitioning and sorting for ingested tables (Web app) - Set a snapshot retention/expiration policy (Web app) - Monitor table health and storage savings (Web app) - Run a cluster in accelerated (Warp Speed) or fault-tolerant execution mode (Web app) - Autoscale cluster compute with workload (Web app) - Explore adopted dbt, Airbyte and Python client integrations - Provision users with SCIM and SSO (Web app) - Connect through AWS PrivateLink for private connectivity (Web app) **Surface audit:** 221 documented operations, 0 run, 0 passed, 219 blocked (sandbox or plan limits), 2 left out to stay safe. ## How an agent connects MCP, API, OpenAPI, CLI and SDK found. Agent surfaces: API documented · MCP documented · CLI documented · SDK documented · Docs tested · Agent payments none found. Issues found: 2. - **MCP server**: Listed, not tested. Official server. Hosted per account; tools not listed in the docs. (1 tool across its docs) - **API**: Listed, not tested. REST, 210 operations across v1 and v2. (211 operations across its docs) - **OpenAPI**: Yes. 3.0.1, public without an account. - **CLI**: Listed, not tested. Trino CLI. (1 command across its docs) - **SDK**: Listed, not tested. trino Python client, PyStarburst, JDBC/ODBC, Terraform. (4 methods across its docs) - **llms.txt**: None found. - **Agent payments**: None found. The checkout wasn't reached: Pro, $0.50 a call. - **Docs**: In part. Covers getting started, auth and error codes. Code examples on only some pages. https://docs.starburst.io/ (586 of 1,464 pages read) [The standards](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## Tips for agent builders - Read the API from https://galaxy.starburst.io/public/openapi/v1/json; it needs no account - API calls need a bearer token from POST https://.galaxy.starburst.io/oauth/v2/token with an API auth token's client ID and secret (grant_type=client_credentials); it lasts 10 minutes - The MCP server is https://.mcp.galaxy.starburst.io. ## How Starburst compares In Data warehouses: 2 of the 7 products we drove in Data warehouses are higher; 4 others share L1. - [ClickHouse Cloud](https://agentdrives.com/tools/clickhouse.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [MotherDuck](https://agentdrives.com/tools/motherduck.md?via=md): L4, Gets in on its own - [Databricks](https://agentdrives.com/tools/databricks.md?via=md): L1, Can't sign up on its own - [Firebolt](https://agentdrives.com/tools/firebolt.md?via=md): L1, Can't sign up on its own - [Snowflake](https://agentdrives.com/tools/snowflake.md?via=md): L1, Can't sign up on its own - **Starburst** (this page): L1, Can't sign up on its own - [Tinybird](https://agentdrives.com/tools/tinybird.md?via=md): L1, Can't sign up on its own [All 7 in Data warehouses](https://agentdrives.com/categories/data-warehouses?via=md) Sorted by level, then work done, then time to the first call. [How we rank](https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md#order) On our standard (18 criteria: against other data warehouses products where we measured 5 or more, otherwise against every product we measured): - [Errors a program can read](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-02): **The best result** All 4 others (data warehouses products) lower. - [A path written for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-10): **Ahead of most** 4 of 6 others (data warehouses products) lower, 2 the same. - [Prices an agent can read](https://agentdrives.com/standard#find-06): **Level with most** 4 of 6 others (data warehouses products) the same, 2 lower. - [One way to page through lists](https://agentdrives.com/standard#api-03): **In the middle** 35 of 87 others (every product) lower, 42 the same, 10 higher. - [Answers sized for an agent](https://agentdrives.com/standard#api-04): **Level with most** 61 of 85 others (every product) the same, 24 lower. - [Fast to the first call](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-03): **Level with most** 3 of 4 others (data warehouses products) the same, 1 lower. - [Versions an agent can pin](https://agentdrives.com/standard#api-07): **Level with most** 3 of 4 others (data warehouses products) the same, 1 lower. - [Real status codes](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-01): **The same as all** 5 others (data warehouses products). - [Export before leaving](https://agentdrives.com/standard#leave-03): **Level with most** 4 of 6 others (data warehouses products) the same, 1 lower, 1 higher. - [WebMCP tools on the web app](https://agentdrives.com/standard#proto-02): **The same as all** 5 others (data warehouses products). - [Pages fit one fetch](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-08): **Level with most** 5 of 6 others (data warehouses products) the same, 1 higher. - [Spend an agent can see and cap](https://agentdrives.com/standard#pay-05): **Level with most** 3 of 5 others (data warehouses products) the same, 2 higher. - [Docs an agent can navigate](https://agentdrives.com/standard#docs-11): **In the middle** 3 of 6 others (data warehouses products) the same, 3 higher. - [A request id on every answer](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-07): **Behind most** 3 of 5 others (data warehouses products) higher, 2 the same. - [Sign-in for agents acting for a person](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-08): **Behind most** 5 of 6 others (data warehouses products) higher, 1 the same. - [Every way in works for an agent](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-11): **Behind most** 5 of 6 others (data warehouses products) higher, 1 the same. - [The best way in is built for agents](https://agentdrives.com/standard#in-12): **Behind most** 5 of 6 others (data warehouses products) higher, 1 the same. - [Errors say what to do next](https://agentdrives.com/standard#err-03): **The lowest result** All 4 others (data warehouses products) higher. [How each criterion is graded](https://agentdrives.com/standard) ## For the team behind Starburst **6 things to fix for agents.** Agent blockers: 2 found · Agent surfaces: no issues found. Safety review: no issues found. Agents get stuck at Get in. Prove Starburst is yours, then see where each issue is, read your safety findings and ask for a free drive after a fix. How to fix each one comes with the Audit. - Find: Clear - Get in: Blocks agents - Use: Not reached - Pay: Not reached - Leave: Not reached [Claim Starburst, free](https://agentdrives.com/app/products?add=starburst.io&ref=listing) · [What a drive covers](https://agentdrives.com/method?via=md) ## Where Starburst fits - Category: [Data and storage](https://agentdrives.com/categories/data?via=md), [Data warehouses](https://agentdrives.com/categories/data-warehouses?via=md) - Wall: [Bot checks](https://agentdrives.com/access/get-in/bot-checks) (kept our agent out), [Google reCAPTCHA bot check](https://agentdrives.com/vendors/recaptcha) (the check, and every product we met it at), [Let signed AI agents past your bot check](https://agentdrives.com/guides/let-signed-agents-past-your-bot-check?via=md) (fix guide) - Standards: [MCP](https://agentdrives.com/standards/mcp) (tools an agent can call), [OpenAPI](https://agentdrives.com/standards/openapi) (its API, described) - Steps: [Find](https://agentdrives.com/access/find), [Get in](https://agentdrives.com/access/get-in) (stopped here), [Use](https://agentdrives.com/access/use), [Pay](https://agentdrives.com/access/pay), [Leave](https://agentdrives.com/access/leave) - Rivals: [Databricks](https://agentdrives.com/tools/databricks?via=md) (L1), [Firebolt](https://agentdrives.com/tools/firebolt?via=md) (L1), [Snowflake](https://agentdrives.com/tools/snowflake?via=md) (L1) Data: [JSON](https://agentdrives.com/api/tools/starburst.json?via=md) · [Markdown](https://agentdrives.com/tools/starburst.md?via=md) · [History](https://agentdrives.com/tools/starburst/history?via=md) · [Atom](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/starburst.atom) · [JSON Feed](https://agentdrives.com/feeds/tools/starburst.json) · licence [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) **Found an error?** [Tell us on this page](https://agentdrives.com/tools/starburst?via=md#correct) or read [how corrections work](https://agentdrives.com/corrections?via=md).