Gumloop's MCP server: use Gumloop from Claude

Gumloop · Expert · 10 min

MCP lets you drive Gumloop from the AI assistant you already use, and centralises app sign-ins.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets an AI assistant use tools offered by other systems. An MCP server offers the tools; an MCP client (Claude, Cursor and similar apps) uses them.

Gumloop works in both directions:

  • As a client: many connectors are MCP-based, and you can attach your own MCP servers to agents. Enterprise accounts can host or proxy (pass through) MCP servers centrally.
  • As a server: Gumloop's own MCP server lets an outside assistant control Gumloop.

Using the server: add Gumloop's MCP server address to your client and sign in. The first time, you authorise access in a browser window; a Gumloop API key from your profile is also used. The server offers tool groups for:

  • Agents (create and configure) and sessions (start conversations, follow up).
  • Skills and artifacts (files).
  • Connected apps: tools from MCP servers you've connected in Gumloop, so Gumloop acts as one central sign-in layer for Gmail, Slack, Linear and others.
  • Company Brain search, organisation admin (teams, audit logs, exports) and documentation search.
  • Flows and runs: find legacy workbooks and flows, start runs and inspect results.

Care points:

  • An assistant connected this way acts with your permissions; review what it does, and keep approvals on risky tools.
  • Treat API keys like passwords and revoke unused ones.
  • For repeated jobs, a Gumloop agent with triggers is usually better than asking an outside assistant each time.

Remember

  • Gumloop is both an MCP client (connectors) and an MCP server
  • The server exposes agents, sessions, skills, Brain, connected apps and flows
  • Assistants act with your permissions; keep keys secret and approvals on

Check yourself

  1. What can an MCP client like Claude do once connected to Gumloop's MCP server?

Sign in to answer, see the explanations, and get this lesson back as a quick review later.

Official docs: docs.gumloop.com/mcp-server/overview

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