# Developers

> Direct SQL, API, and MCP access to the platform that powers all of Nominal.

Source: https://nominal.io/platform/developers

Nominal for developers

# Query your hardware data from any language

Python, SQL, TypeScript, MATLAB or the CLI, against the same runs, channels and specs your team sees in Nominal. No export, no second copy.

[Read the docs](https://dev.nominal.io/)[Try Nominal](https://nominal.io/demo.md?from=%2Fplatform%2Fdevelopers&cta=developers-hero)

- ### API + SDK  
REST plus Python and TypeScript SDKs for ingest, query, and automation. Script your own tools against the same source.
- ### SQL  
A Postgres-compatible endpoint. Grafana, Tableau, Superset, psql, and every driver you own connect with no plugin.
- ### MCP  
Units, calibration, and provenance travel with every channel, so agents reason about data instead of guessing.

Performance

## Engineered for elite hardware teams

Throughput that keeps up with every asset you run, and live views that keep up with the stand.

Ingest · pts/sLoad test · 60 s

- 15Mpts/s  
Peak ingest. Validated in load testing.
- 10M+pts/s  
Sustained production. With tuned batching.
- 200ms · p95  
Live view latency. For windows of 10 min or less.

Agents

## Give agents real context

The Nominal MCP server hands any agent the same tools Nominal Analyst uses, with units, calibration, and provenance attached. One sign-in covers every organization you belong to.

- MCP
- Analyst
- Cited answers

MCP tools

- search\_runsread
- search\_channelsread
- get\_channel\_dataread
- read\_documentread
- get\_provenanceread
- create\_checkwrite

### Works with any MCP client

Claude, Cursor, or your own agent. Every answer cites the channels it used.

Integrations

## No new formats. No new scripts.

Nominal reads straight from the tools and files you trust. Start with a pre-built connector, or build your own.

- [Instro Open source (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/instro/)
- [FlexLogger NI (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-flexlogger/)
- [TestStand NI (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/)
- [LabVIEW NI (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-labview/)
- [VeriStand NI (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-veristand/)
- [Python SDK (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/python/)
- [MATLAB Toolbox (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/matlab/)
- Connect Edge
- [Simulink Simulation (opens in a new tab)](https://dev.nominal.io/simulink/)
- Docs  
### Set up a connector  
Install guides, channel mapping, and examples for each one.  
[Read the docs](https://dev.nominal.io/)

Deployability

## Deploy anywhere the mission takes you

Nominal’s platform runs in our cloud, your VPC, on premises, or at a site with no network at all.

Nominal cloud: the same Nominal platform, run by Nominal. Your data stays in Nominal cloud; Nominal upgrades it for you.

Developers

## Build on your engineering data

SQL, REST, and MCP access to everything in Nominal. Get a key and run your first query in minutes.

[Read the docs](https://dev.nominal.io/)[Try Nominal](https://nominal.io/demo.md?from=%2Fplatform%2Fdevelopers&cta=developers-cta)