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GenieChangelog · September 2026

Genie One MCP reached general availability alongside file reasoning support in Genie Agents.

In September 2026, Databricks made the Genie One Model Context Protocol (MCP) server generally available [2], [19], [21]. The integration allowed external AI assistants and developer environments like Cursor to query governed metrics and business definitions grounded in Genie Ontology [20], [36]. Earlier in the month, Databricks also expanded Genie Agents with an API-accessible mode for multi-step analytical reasoning and added support for querying unstructured files stored in Unity Catalog volumes alongside tabular data [55].

To ground these agent interactions in common business definitions, Databricks introduced Unity Catalog Pages within Genie Ontology, providing a dedicated space to manage organizational terms and acronyms [22]. The platform also expanded connectivity options, allowing teams to query Genie directly within Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Sheets [37], [38], [39], while adding scheduled analytical tasks and document generation workflows within Genie One [30], [32], [34].

Community discussions focused heavily on evaluation, governance, and trust before rolling out spaces to end users [9], [14], [27]. Practitioners examined how the OntoRank algorithm infers definitions [26], shared techniques for building deterministic agents [47], and addressed semantic discrepancies where agent reasoning diverged from company-specific conventions, such as regional boundaries [49]. Other data teams worked through deployment patterns using Databricks Asset Bundles across environments [15], [46] and diagnosed integration hurdles involving citations and Unity Catalog scalar SQL functions [13], [28].

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  1. [1]Announcement | Five ways marketers can use Genie One community · 2026-09-30
  2. [2]Announcement | The Genie One MCP is now Generally Available community · 2026-09-29
  3. [3]Lessons learned from configuring Genie Agents community · 2026-09-29
  4. [4]Time to Swap the Cookies for Jetfuel - New Dataset & New Databricks Genie Tutorial community · 2026-09-29
  5. [5]Claude Academy's Using Databricks for Data Analysis - This official documentation from Anthropic on Claude Academy for how to work with Databricks is really underwhelming, so I wanted to share a guide that properly explains everything. community · 2026-09-28
  6. [6]How to roll out Genie One: A step-by-step enterprise playbook news · 2026-09-28
  7. [7]Unlock the Power: Databricks Genie One vs. Code and Agent community · 2026-09-28
  8. [8]From Data to Dialogue: How S&P Global Energy Made Its Structured Data Estate Conversational with Databricks Genie Agents and MCP news · 2026-09-25
  9. [9]Genie One Foundations: What Data Teams Should Get Right Before Rolling It Out community · 2026-09-25
  10. [10]Announcement | Genie One MCP: Give any AI Agent the Right Business Context community · 2026-09-24
  11. [11]v1.18.0 release · 2026-09-24
  12. [12]Genie agent hyperlink creation community · 2026-09-24
  13. [13]Genie Agents citation (bug) community · 2026-09-24
  14. [14]Ontology ranked the snippet. I wrote the gate I wanted before trusting a Genie space. community · 2026-09-23
  15. [15]Deploy Genie Agents and Dashboards to multiple environments community · 2026-09-23
  16. [16]Create a Genie Agent from Genie One video · 2026-09-23
  17. [17]How NOL Universe Scales Global Travel Operations for 1,000+ Users With Databricks video · 2026-09-23
  18. [18]Genie Agent SDK visualization community · 2026-09-23
  19. [19]Genie One MCP is now GA community · 2026-09-22
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  21. [21]The Genie One MCP is now Generally Available news · 2026-09-22
  22. [22]Unity Catalog Pages: a governed home for your business knowledge in Genie Ontology news · 2026-09-22
  23. [23]CUSTOMER STORY | Databricks Genie retires the dashboard backlog at Grupo Panvel community · 2026-09-22
  24. [24]Rethinking Data Strategy for the Genie Ontology World video · 2026-09-22
  25. [25]How adidas Uses Databricks to Build Better Products video · 2026-09-21
  26. [26]The Ontological Definition of Databricks Genie Ontology via OntoRank video · 2026-09-21
  27. [27]How I Would Evaluate a Genie Space Before I Trust It community · 2026-09-20
  28. [28]Genie Agent refuses to add scalar SQL function from Unity Catalog community · 2026-09-18
  29. [29]Tutorial: Databricks Genie for Data Engineers and Data Scientists community · 2026-09-17
  30. [30]How Databricks Genie Automates Data Workflows with Genie Ontology  and Scheduled Tasks video · 2026-09-17
  31. [31]Genie One Beginner's Guide: Explore Data & Automate Tasks video · 2026-09-17
  32. [32]How to Schedule Automated Meeting Prep in Genie One video · 2026-09-17
  33. [33]How to Build Custom Skills in Genie One in Minutes video · 2026-09-17
  34. [34]How to Create & Share Polished Documents in Genie One video · 2026-09-17
  35. [35]Genie Agents Tutorial: Build & Customize AI Data Agents video · 2026-09-17
  36. [36]Genie One MCP Guide: Connect Governed Data to Any Agent video · 2026-09-17
  37. [37]How to Use Genie in Microsoft Teams & M365 Copilot video · 2026-09-17
  38. [38]How to Use Genie in Google Sheets: Import & Query Data video · 2026-09-17
  39. [39]How to Use Genie in Slack video · 2026-09-17
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  51. [51]What's new in Genie One - August 2026 community · 2026-09-09
  52. [52]Five ways marketers can use Genie One news · 2026-09-04
  53. [53]Databricks Genie Data Democratization at Amadeus | Data + AI Executive Series: Fast 5 video · 2026-09-03
  54. [54]Southern Company’s SCOUT: Completing the Storm Intelligence Story news · 2026-09-02
  55. [55]Expanding Genie Agents: Deep analysis, file reasoning, and more news · 2026-09-02
  56. [56]How we eliminated $1 million a year of wasted AI agent spend in one hour news · 2026-09-01

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