# Adding an MCP server

Create a server entry, choose local or remote transport, enter the command or endpoint, add required dedicated credentials, connect, and inspect discovered capabilities.

![Adding an MCP server in Foxora v5.0.3](/docs/images/v5.0.3/settings/mcp-server.webp)

## Where this lives

Open **Settings → MCP Server**.

Model Context Protocol connects Foxora to external tool and resource servers. Foxora can consume configured MCP servers and can expose supported Foxora capabilities to an MCP client.

> **Safety:** An MCP server can run code or access external systems with its own privileges. Trust the publisher, pin configuration where possible, and never place secrets in arguments or prompts.

## Steps

1. Open **Settings → MCP Server**.
2. Create a server entry.
3. Choose local or remote transport.
4. Enter the command or endpoint.
5. Add required dedicated credentials.
6. Connect.
7. Inspect discovered capabilities.
8. **Confirm the result.** Call one read-only tool with controlled input, inspect its result and server logs, then verify disconnecting the server removes those capabilities from new work.

## Choose the right path

- Use local stdio for a server installed on this device.
- Use remote transport for an authenticated managed endpoint.
- Use a Composio plugin when the target SaaS application is already supported.


## Confirm it worked

- Call one read-only tool with controlled input, inspect its result and server logs, then verify disconnecting the server removes those capabilities from new work.
- The screen, command, file, run, or destination named in this guide reflects the expected state.