MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that lets AI clients like Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT connect to real tools. Riley exposes your business as an MCP server, so an AI can do the work while every external write still stops for your approval.
Start freeMCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that lets AI clients like Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT connect to real tools instead of just chatting. For a business, it means an AI you already use can reach your actual work through a connection you control.
Riley exposes your business as an MCP server. A connected AI can prepare work through Riley's tools, and any action that writes outside your workspace still stops for your approval, then lands on a signed receipt you can share.
MCP matters when the AI you like is not where your business tools are.
Drive Riley from the AI client your team already works in, and keep the same approval rules across every client account.
You do not have to learn a new interface. Ask Riley for work from a tool you already use, or just use the dashboard.
Connect the AI clients your team standardized on, and bring your own tools in through Riley's external tools support.
Point a technical client at the MCP endpoint and build your own flows on top of Riley's tools, with keys you control.
The AI clients people love are chat boxes. They can reason and write, but they cannot open your reviews, edit a listing, or send a follow-up, because they are not connected to any of it. So the person becomes the connector, copying answers back and forth by hand.
Before MCP, closing that gap meant a custom integration for every tool and every client, which few businesses have time to build. MCP is the shared standard that removes the custom work. Connect an MCP-speaking client to an MCP server once, and the AI can use those tools directly.
Connect the AI client you like, and it works through the same loop and the same rules as the Riley dashboard.
Honest statuses only. Verified clients are documented end to end; others connect with guided setup we have not individually verified.
Add Riley as an MCP server and work from Claude Desktop.
Add Riley with one command and use it from the terminal.
Add Riley as an MCP server in Cursor settings.
Works where ChatGPT supports custom MCP connectors on your plan.
Many MCP-compatible clients connect with guided setup, not individually verified.
Bring your own MCP server or import an OpenAPI spec, and Riley uses your tools inside the same rules.
The key is sent as an x-api-key header, it is per workspace, and you can revoke it in Settings anytime. Full setup steps live on the developers page.
Work from any connected client queues for approval, and each decision is recorded like any other Riley action.
A request from an MCP client shows up on the same signed weekly receipt as everything else.
Each client connects with its own per-workspace key, so you can see which one connected and revoke it anytime.
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor are verified today. ChatGPT works where it supports custom MCP connectors on your plan. Many other MCP-compatible clients can connect with guided setup, though Riley has not individually verified each one. You connect any of them with a per-workspace key you mint and can revoke.
The connection uses a per-workspace key that is shown once and can be revoked at any time in Settings. Whatever client you connect gets only Riley's scoped tools, and any action that writes outside your workspace still queues for your approval. So a connected AI can prepare work, but it cannot change a real account without your yes.
Not for the everyday product. Most people just use Riley in the dashboard or in Slack. MCP is for when you want to drive Riley from another AI client you already work in. Setup is a few steps: mint a key, add Riley as an MCP server, and point the client at the endpoint.
Yes. You can bring your own MCP server or import an OpenAPI spec from the external tools area of your dashboard. Riley then uses those tools inside the same approval rules, and writes through them queue for your approval just like everything else.
Drive Riley from the AI client you already use, with your approval on every write. Start free, no card to begin.