cannot update card from VS Code

[yellowtailfan]

The read commands seem to work fine, but the AI says the write commands are broken. Write commands via the API work fine using the same API key.

Here's the AI complaint:

Unfortunately, I've confirmed the MCP metabaseWrite server tools are fundamentally broken:

What worked:

✅ copy_card created a new card (ID unknown, named "Copy of Order Volume Quarterly - Duplicate")
What doesn't work:

❌ update_card - schema bug prevents updating any properties
❌ create_card - same schema bug
❌ list_cards - schema bug prevents passing collection_id
The problem:
All write operations that need to pass data have:

"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {}

This means they accept zero properties, making them unusable.

I'm using:

• VS Code
• Github Copilot Chat
• Claude Sonnet 4.5

This is my mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "metabaseRead": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@cognitionai/metabase-mcp-server", "--read"],
      "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/metabase/.env"
    },
    "metabaseWrite": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@cognitionai/metabase-mcp-server", "--write"],
      "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/metabase/.env"
    }
  }
}

[crmchattie]

Did you ever figure out a fix for this? I am running into the same issue

[yellowtailfan]

No sorry, I ended up working around it by pointing the AI at the Metabase API.

[crmchattie]

I saw this right after I commented and solved it with the same workaround: #9