# Built-in MCP server
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-mcp-server/411504
**Category:** Projects
**Created:** [September 2, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-mcp-server/411504 "2026-09-02T17:47:28Z")
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-mcp-server/411504/1 "2026-09-02T17:47:28Z")
We are adding an MCP server built directly into core, served at `/mcp`, which will replace the current client side MCP and enable cloud harnesses (where the existing client side tool cannot be installed) to integrate with Discourse.
Our goals are to:
- Make it easy for every site to offer AI assistants first-class, permission-aware access with no extra service to stand up.
- Give admins a single place to grant access to different scopes for different users and groups, so they have confidence in what they are allowing people and agents to do with these features.
- Catch up with the most recent standards and conventions for MCP servers, and make it easier for us to keep up as they evolve.
A first PR is up and being reviewed here:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42798](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42798)
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/built-in-mcp-server/411504/2 "2026-09-18T10:43:37Z")
And here’s what we’ve got for you to start kicking the tires with now:
> [@Connect your AI apps to your community with Discourse’s built-in MCP server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-your-ai-apps-to-your-community-with-discourse-s-built-in-mcp-server/412755):
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> Discourse now has a built-in MCP server, so you can ask your favourite AI apps to find a topic, catch up on a discussion, or prepare a report on activity in your community. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a way for AI apps to use tools provided by another service. Discourse provides those tools, and you connect your app by signing in with your Discourse account and approving the access it requests. slight_smile The server runs as part of your Discourse site. There exists a separate [discourse…](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-mcp)