External Integrations & AI Agent Access
Connect your tools, agents, and workflows to platform data
The challenge & our answer
The Problem
Programme managers want their AI assistants to monitor workspace progress. Funders need automated status reports. Partner organizations want to feed collaboration outputs into their own systems. But all platform data is trapped behind browser authentication with no machine-readable access layer.
The Solution
Action Network Worldwide provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes structured collaboration data to external AI agents and tools. Access is gated by workspace-level consent and user-level access tokens — respecting the same privacy model as the rest of the platform.
Key Capabilities
Personal Access Tokens
Create scoped, time-limited API tokens for connecting external tools and AI agents. Manage all tokens from your account settings with full visibility into scope, expiry, and usage.
Workspace-Level Consent
Coordinators enable external access per workspace. Members create tokens independently. Both layers must consent before data flows to external agents — default safe.
MCP Server for AI Agents
Structured resources and tools via Model Context Protocol let AI agents query workspace status, deliverable progress, health signals, and published learnings without browser access.
Read-Only by Default
Phase 1 tokens grant read access only. Write operations (submit contributions, add comments) come in Phase 2 after read patterns are validated. Safety through staged rollout.
Privacy-Preserving
Email addresses, user IDs, and file content are never exposed. Member names and organization affiliations are visible only when the workspace has enabled external access.
Revocable Anytime
Coordinators disable external access with one toggle. Members revoke their own tokens. Admins can force-revoke any token. All checks happen at request time — changes take effect instantly.
How It Works
Coordinator Enables Access
Workspace coordinator toggles "External agent access" in workspace settings. All members receive an in-app notification. Default is off — nothing exposed until explicitly enabled.
Member Creates Token
User navigates to account settings, creates an access token with chosen scopes and expiry. Optional workspace filter narrows access to specific workspaces. Token shown once, never retrievable.
Agent Connects via MCP
External AI agent authenticates with the token via MCP server at POST /mcp. Workspace role and external access toggle checked at request time. Access granted only when both consent layers pass.
Agent Queries Resources
Agent accesses workspace metadata, deliverables, health signals, activity feed, and published learnings through structured MCP resources. Pre-composed summaries available via tools.