Census (now operates as "Fivetran Activations") documentation
Research date: 2026-08-24
Documentation coverage: partial.
Reference index, not a mirror of complete vendor documentation. Retrieved pages do not prove the MCP works.
What it does
Was a standalone reverse-ETL tool for syncing warehouse data (Snowflake, BigQuery, etc.) into GTM tools like Salesforce/HubSpot without code; the product now lives inside Fivetran as "Activations," same function.
Access and connection
MCP support: official
Access requirements: free - the Fivetran REST API, which now covers Activations, is available on all plans including the free trial.
Authentication: API key + secret via env vars (FIVETRAN_API_KEY, FIVETRAN_API_SECRET).
Research checked: 2026-08-24
These details come from the catalog research. Check the vendor sources below for current setup instructions. They do not establish that a connection or tool call was tested.
Sources
- https://www.getcensus.com/
- https://docs.getcensus.com/
- https://fivetran.com/docs/activations
- https://github.com/fivetran/fivetran-mcp
Retrieved pages
- https://docs.getcensus.com/: unavailable
- https://fivetran.com/docs/activations: unavailable
- GitHub - fivetran/fivetran-mcp: This is a model context protocol (MCP) server that Fivetran users can clone, configure, and run on their own environments. It lets you ask questions like "was my last postgres sync successful" and "are any of my connections broken" and have the model answer the questions for you. · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:19:15.863924+00:00
- fivetran-mcp/open-api-definitions at main · fivetran/fivetran-mcp · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:19:23.998534+00:00
- fivetran-mcp/open-api-definitions/AVAILABLE_ACTIONS.md at main · fivetran/fivetran-mcp · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:19:45.718002+00:00
- fivetran-mcp/fivetran-open-api-definition.json at main · fivetran/fivetran-mcp · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:19:37.751341+00:00
- Forks · fivetran/fivetran-mcp · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:20:00.292754+00:00
- Tags · fivetran/fivetran-mcp · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:19:53.823176+00:00
- Pull requests · fivetran/fivetran-mcp · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:20:06.784945+00:00
- fivetran-mcp/split_openapi_by_endpoint.py at main · fivetran/fivetran-mcp · GitHub: fetched, retrieved 2026-10-17T20:19:30.515750+00:00