# MCP servers

Give the agent access to external data sources and tools through the Model Context Protocol.

**Path:** Agent Studio → MCP Servers

Connect Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to give the agent access to external data sources and tools via the standardized MCP interface.

Add a server here when you want the agent to read from or act on a system that already speaks MCP, without building a custom [action](/user-guides/authoring-actions/) for each capability.

For the protocol details and the in-product MCP server reference, see the developer [MCP server](/reference/mcp-server/) docs.