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Add your own MCP server

Connect another service's MCP server so the assistant can use the tools you choose from it.

If a service you use has an MCP server, an admin can connect it, and the assistant can use its tools in chats.

Add the server

  1. Go to Settings, then Connections, and find Add an MCP server by URL.
  2. Enter a Name, such as "Acme Tools". Its short form becomes the prefix on every tool the server adds.
  3. Enter the Server URL.
  4. If the server needs one, enter an access token. If it can't register ako by itself, ako asks for a client id and secret.
  5. Select Test and add.

The server now appears under Organisation connections. Adding it switches nothing on.

Choose its tools

  1. Open the server's connection page.
  2. Under Tools, tick the tools the assistant may use. Each one says whether it only reads or can change things.
  3. Select Save tools.

Only the tools you switch on are available. Anything the server adds later stays off until you switch it on. Select Re-check to see new tools.

Published 15 October 2026