Custom Qlik Extensions
Use Raptor MCP to package, publish, and place generated Qlik visualization extensions from curated templates.
What the workflow provides
Raptor MCP can guide an agent from a visualization source link to a Qlik-uploadable extension package, then publish that extension to Qlik Cloud or QSEoW and place it in a target app as a sheet object.
The workflow uses curated templates as rails. The agent adapts the source idea into local extension files instead of copying arbitrary remote scripts directly into the tenant.
- List and inspect packaged templates before generation.
- Package a generated scaffold into a validated extension ZIP.
- Publish the ZIP through Qlik Cloud Extensions REST or QSEoW QRS upload.
- Create an extension-backed sheet object with Qlik dimensions, measures, and properties.
- Verify with sheet and object inspection before reporting success.
Agent flow
Start with the user prompt, source link, target app, target sheet, and intended fields. If the app or sheet is not explicit, confirm that before modifying a production app.
- Fetch the Apache ECharts, D3, Observable, GitHub, Chart.js, Picasso, or nebula source and summarize marks, scales, interactions, and data requirements.
- Use list_extension_templates and get_extension_template to select a Raptor template.
- Map Qlik fields and expressions with get_available_fields, field_values_action, and existing object inspection.
- Use package_extension with generated file overrides and keep allow_external_resources false by default. Raptor embeds raptor-extension.json so the generated extension remains self-describing.
- Use publish_extension, then create_extension_object with the installed extension type.
- Verify with inspect_sheet, get_object_properties, and get_extension_manifest.
Safety gates
Generated extension packages should be small, reviewable, and self-contained. External scripts and CDNs require explicit CSP/admin review before use.
- Every package must include .qext, .js, .html, and .css files.
- Reject nested ZIPs, executables, shell scripts, installers, and disallowed MIME-style payloads.
- Stay under Qlik Cloud extension limits: 30 MB ZIP, 30 MB per file, 500 files, and 100 MB uncompressed total.
- Use stable names such as raptor-<slug> so updates and sheet objects can refer to the same extension type.
- Keep product templates generic. Generated chart-specific knowledge belongs in the extension's embedded raptor-extension.json manifest, not in the shipped product template catalog.
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