Connect Lyro with MCP servers

You can connect your Lyro AI agent with MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. This allows you to securely bridge Lyro with external tools, data sources, and services. Whenever the MCP server is updated in any way, this is reflected in your Lyro connection as well - no manual modifications necessary.


In this article, you will learn:

• How to connect an MCP server with Lyro
• How to manage your MCPs

Connecting Lyro with MCP servers

You can navigate to your MCP setup in Lyro by accessing the Actions & MCPs section:

Once inside, open the MCPs tab - this is where you manage all the details:

Use the Add MCP server button to configure your first MCP connection. You will see a new window pop up with all the associated options:

Here you can name your server and provide its URL. If there is a any authentication required, you can also set up the appropriate authentication method, as well as add any relevant headers.

In the example above, we are connecting to an open, public MCP server - so no authentication is necessary.

Once you hit the Add server button in the bottom-right, a connection will be attempted. If successful, a list of available tools from that particular server will be shown. You can select the ones you need for your purposes, and then hit the Add tools button to finish up:

In our example, we want Lyro to be able to provide quote for a chosen currency, based on the particular Yahoo Finance server we're connecting to.

Any tools you add will be listed under the MCP server you've connected, and available there to manage. You can add more tools (if available) by clicking the Add [server name] tool button. Naturally, you can keep adding other MCP servers by using the Add new MCP button at the bottom:

You can test Lyro and how it uses the MCP servers by hitting the Test Lyro button in the top-right any time. In our example, we know Lyro is able to get data on currencies - so we tested if the connection is working well for that purpose:

Managing your MCP servers in Lyro

Under the MCPs tab, inside the Actions & MCPs section of your Lyro settings, you can see all your MCP servers listed - and each one with its particular tools:

From that tab in general, you can add more MCP servers, but also manage everything that's already there.

Each tool in the list has a usage counter in the Executed column; it shows the number of times this specific tool was used in the last 30 days. The list also features each tool's creation date and time, as well as the Active switch - which you can use to disable/enable the tool anytime. Note the Used by column as well: it just lets you know that the tool is active and available to Lyro. By clicking on the options menu to the far right, you can also completely delete a given tool:

Clicking on the View details option shows you one additional piece of information: the tool's description, as provided by the connected MCP server itself:

Naturally, you can also use the options menu for the entire MCP server:

Using the Edit server option allows you to modify the MCP's name and authorisation method, as well as manage headers. Changing the URL is not possible at this stage; if you need to use a different URL, then adding a new MCP server from scratch is required. You can use the Delete server option as well, which lets you remove the entire connection and all of its tools.