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Connect to MCP Server

Let's configure the MCP Server connection properties to connect to the MCP Server.

Before you begin

Before you get started, you'll need to get information from your MCP server based on the authentication type that you want to configure.
Check out Prepare for authentication to learn more about the authentication prerequisites.

Connection details

The following table describes the basic connection properties:
Property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the connection.
Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
Maximum length is 255 characters.
Description
Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks. Select a Secure Agent or serverless runtime environment.

Authentication types

You can configure your MCP Server connection to use the NoAuth, OAuth 2.0, or API Key authentication type.
Select the required authentication type and then configure the authentication-specific parameters.

NoAuth authentication

NoAuth authentication requires only the server URL of the MCP server that you want to connect to.
The following table describes the connection property for NoAuth authentication:
Property
Description
Server URL
Base URL of the MCP Server. Create the URL in the following format: https://mcp.example.com/mcp/

OAuth 2.0 authentication

OAuth 2.0 authentication requires the server URL, client ID, client secret, and token endpoint of the MCP server that you want to connect to. Obtain the client ID, client secret, and token endpoint from the authorization server that your MCP server uses for OAuth 2.0 authentication. Optionally, you can specify the scope as an advanced parameter.
The following table describes the connection properties for OAuth 2.0 authentication:
Property
Description
Server URL
Base URL of the MCP Server. Create the URL in the following format: https://mcp.example.com/mcp/
Client ID
OAuth 2.0 client identifier to connect to the MCP Server.
Client Secret
Client secret generated for the client ID.
Token Endpoint
URL of the authorization server's token endpoint used to obtain the access token.
Scope
Advanced parameter. Space-separated list of scopes that limit the access granted by the token.

API Key authentication

API Key authentication requires your server URL and the API key that your MCP server user to authenticate requests.
The following table describes the connection properties for API Key authentication:
Property
Description
Server URL
Base URL of the MCP Server. Create the URL in the following format: https://mcp.example.com/mcp/
API Key
API key used to authenticate with the MCP Server.