diff --git a/getting-started.md b/getting-started.md index ee8050a..de2a412 100644 --- a/getting-started.md +++ b/getting-started.md @@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ with the account you created in step 1. - Your usage draws from your monthly allowance; you can see it on the [Member Dashboard](https://dashboard.inference.coop). +- **Bring your own tools (MCP servers).** The chat supports **MCP (Model + Context Protocol) servers** — external tool services that let the AI do + things like search marketplaces, query other services, or pull in + specialized data. Every member can connect their own: go to + **Settings → Tools** and add an MCP server by its URL. (If you don't see the + Tools tab, refresh the page — it appears once the permission syncs to your + session.) The server must be reachable over HTTP — ones that run only + locally on your own computer, like many Claude Desktop configs, can't attach + here; use their hosted versions if offered. In a conversation, pick the tool + server from the tools menu near the message box and ask away. Your tool + servers belong to you: they run under your account, you choose which + conversations they attach to, and other members don't see them. Please + review what a third-party tool service does with your data before connecting + it — see the [privacy policy](privacy-policy.md) for how the co-op handles + your side. + If the chat ever says your balance is out, that's the allowance, not an error — see "Your allowance" below. @@ -95,25 +111,6 @@ privacy, and direction happen on our **Loomio forum**: - **#design** — an open member room for co-op design discussions: website, docs, dashboard, branding. All members can post; pull up a chair. -#### Bring your own tools (MCP servers) - -The chat supports **MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers** — external tool -services that let the AI do things like search marketplaces, query other -services, or pull in specialized data. Every member can connect their own: - -1. In the chat, go to **Settings → Tools** and add an MCP server by its URL. - (If you don't see the Tools tab, refresh the page — it appears once the - permission syncs to your session.) The server must be reachable over HTTP — - ones that run only locally on your own computer, like many Claude Desktop - configs, can't attach here; use their hosted versions if offered. -2. In a conversation, pick the tool server from the tools menu near the message - box and ask away. - -Your tool servers belong to you: they run under your account, you choose which -conversations they attach to, and other members don't see them. Please review -what a third-party tool service does with your data before connecting it — see -the [privacy policy](privacy-policy.md) for how the co-op handles your side. - - See the [Charter](charter.md) for how governance is structured. - See [Open questions](open-questions.md) for the decisions currently on the table.