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Alation Lineage API — Lineage

Alation Lineage API — Lineage. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get lineage for an object. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Alation business surface.

Run with Naftiko AlationLineage

What You Can Do

GET
Getlineage — Get lineage for an object
/v1/lineage

MCP Tools

get-lineage-object

Get lineage for an object

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

lineage-lineage.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Alation Lineage API — Lineage
  description: 'Alation Lineage API — Lineage. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get lineage for an object. Self-contained Naftiko
    capability covering one Alation business surface.'
  tags:
  - Alation
  - Lineage
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    ALATION_API_KEY: ALATION_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: lineage-lineage
    baseUri: https://{instance}/api/v1
    description: Alation Lineage API — Lineage business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: lineage
      path: /lineage/
      operations:
      - name: getlineage
        method: GET
        description: Get lineage for an object
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: object_type
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Type of catalog object (table, attribute, etc.)
          required: true
        - name: object_id
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: ID of the catalog object
          required: true
        - name: direction
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Lineage direction
    authentication:
      type: bearer
      token: '{{env.ALATION_API_KEY}}'
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: lineage-lineage-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Alation Lineage API — Lineage. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
      with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/lineage
      name: lineage
      description: REST surface for lineage.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getlineage
        description: Get lineage for an object
        call: lineage-lineage.getlineage
        with:
          object_type: rest.object_type
          object_id: rest.object_id
          direction: rest.direction
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: lineage-lineage-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Alation Lineage API — Lineage. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this
      capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: get-lineage-object
      description: Get lineage for an object
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: lineage-lineage.getlineage
      with:
        object_type: tools.object_type
        object_id: tools.object_id
        direction: tools.direction
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.