AI model configurations

You can use your REMOTE_MCP_URL to configure your prebuilt MCP server with the following AI models:

ChatGPT MCP configuration

Complete the following steps to add your MCP server to ChatGPT:

1

Go to your ChatGPT account.

2

Go to Settings > Apps & Connectors > Advanced settings and enable the Developer mode toggle.

3

Go to Settings > Apps & Connectors.

4

Click Create. This button is only visible when the Developer mode toggle is enabled.

5

Enter a name for your MCP connector. For example: GitHub tools MCP.

Configure your ChatGPT MCP connector

6

Paste your MCP URL and token in the URL field.

7

Optional. Enter a description in the Description field.

8

Use the Authentication drop-down menu to select No Auth.

9

Select the checkbox to accept the risk of adding a custom MCP server.

10

Click Create.

11

Create a new chat in ChatGPT to use your MCP tools.

Claude MCP configuration

Complete the following steps to add your MCP server to Claude:

1

Sign in to Workato.

2

Go to AI Hub > MCP Servers.

3

Select the MCP server and copy the Remote MCP URL.

4

Go to your Claude account.

5

Go to Settings > Connectors.

6

Click + Add new connector.

7

Enter a name for your MCP connector in the Name field.

Configure your Claude MCP connector

8

Paste your MCP URL and token into the Remote MCP server URL field.

9

Click Add. The newly created MCP connector appears in the list of connectors.

10

Click Configure.

11

Use the permissions drop-down menu to select Always ask permission or Allow unsupervised. Always ask permission is selected by default.

12

Create a new chat in Claude to use your MCP tools.

Cursor MCP configuration

The following process authenticates with an MCP URL and authentication token. Refer to Cursor MCP remote server configuration with Workato Identity authentication if you plan to authenticate with Workato Identity.

Complete the following steps to add your MCP server to Cursor:

1

Go to Settings > Cursor settings.

2

Click MCP & Integrations in the sidebar.

3

Click + New MCP Server to open the mcp.json file.

Click + New MCP Server

4

Update the configuration to use the MCP URL and token you copied in the preceding steps. For example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-tools": {
      "url": "https://387.apim.mcp.workato.com/abc247/example-collection-name-v1?wkt_token=YOUR_API_TOKEN"
    }
  }
}

5

Save your changes.

6

Create a new chat with your Cursor agent to use your MCP tools.

You must start a new chat with your agent. Cursor agents only have access to the tools and capabilities available when a chat begins. Agents can't detect or use new MCP configurations, servers, or tools added after starting a chat.

Microsoft Copilot MCP configuration

Microsoft Copilot supports OAuth authentication and API-based access for MCP servers. Refer to the Microsoft Copilot MCP server configuration (opens new window) documentation for more information.

Complete the following steps to add your MCP server to Microsoft Copilot:

1

Sign in to your Microsoft Copilot Studio account.

2

Select Agent in the sidebar and create a new agent.

3

Provide a name for your agent in the Name field.

4

Optional. Provide a description for your agent in the Description field.

5

Add your MCP server as a tool. Steps for adding an MCP server vary based on your authentication method:

Microsoft Copilot OAuth authentication

1

Go to the Tools section and click + Add tool > Model Context Protocol.

Add tools

2

Paste your MCP URL into the Server URL field.

3

Go to the Authentication section and select OAuth 2.0.

4

Go to the Type section and select Dynamic discovery.

Microsoft Copilot API-based access

1

Go to the Tools section and click + Add tool > Custom connector. Microsoft redirects you to Power Apps to create the new connector.

2

Click + New custom connector and select Import an OpenAPI file.

3

Import the following YAML file, replacing <MCP Server Name>, <MCP Server Description>, <MCP Server Path>, and <WKT_TOKEN> with your MCP server configuration information:

swagger: '2.0'
info:
  title: <MCP Server Name> #Change name here
  description: <MCP Server Description> #Change description here
  version: 1.0.0
host: 558.apim.mcp.workato.com
basePath: /
schemes:
  - https
paths:
  <MCP Server Path>: #change path here, for example:/gregf247/github-jira-cursor-tools-v1
    post:
      summary: <MCP Server Name> #Change name here
      description: <MCP Server Description> #Change description here
      operationId: InvokeServer
      x-ms-agentic-protocol: mcp-streamable-1.0
      parameters:
        - name: wkt_token
          in: query
          required: true
          type: string
          enum:
            - <WKT_TOKEN> # Add wkt_token from Workato here
          default: <WKT_TOKEN> # Add wkt_token from Workato here
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Immediate Response
securityDefinitions: {}
security: []

6

Return to Microsoft Copilot Studio and connect to the newly created MCP server.