Apps, Connections, and MCP Tool Gateway

Connects services or remote MCP servers, catalogs actions, brokers credentials, applies Allowed/Ask first/Off policies, and records audited calls without giving agents durable provider credentials.

Parent repository GitHub

Type: governed tool service
Repository: paperclipai/paperclip
Readiness: Usable for self-hosted local and authenticated deployments; production operation requires security, credential, storage, database, runtime, and network planning.
Keywords: 7

Location

Repository path

doc/connections/README.md

Invocation

Add an app or connection through Paperclip's Apps/Connections surfaces.

Setup

Installation / activation

A run-scoped session token enables approved connection actions during agent execution.

Keywords

MCPconnectionsappsOAuthcredentialsgovernanceaudit

Repository context

paperclipai/paperclip

MIT-licensed, self-hosted Node.js and React control plane that orchestrates Claude Code and other agents through tasks, goals, org charts, heartbeats, budgets, approvals, skills, governed connections, plugins, workspaces, and audit history; it runs alongside Claude Code as a standalone host/orchestrator and exposes Paperclip operations through MCP.

AI agent orchestrationClaude Code operationsTask and project managementGovernance and approvalsCost managementAgent skills and evaluationMCP and integrationsPlugin developmentSandboxed executionObservability

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