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Connect an approved Registry MCP server using a local credential handoff

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Your ara_ API key from Settings > Ara API. Keys are capability-scoped: run, mcp:read, mcp:write, secrets:read, secrets:write, sessions:read, sessions:debug, knowledge:read, memory:read, memory:write, skills:read, skills:write, repos:read, repos:write, reviews:read, reviews:write, deployment:read, analytics:read, org:read, org:write, attachments:read, attachments:write, guardrails:read, guardrails:write, automations:read, automations:write, agent_auth:read. mcp:write manages MCP server configuration only; it does not authorize remote MCP-tool execution. sessions:debug is privileged: it expands diagnostic session events only for organization owners/admins.

Path Parameters

orgId
string
required

Organization id or slug. Resolve it with GET /v3/self.

Body

application/json
approval_token
string
required
Maximum string length: 8192
local_import_handoff
string
required
Maximum string length: 8192
secrets
object
required

Response

Existing connector verified.

server
object
required

An org-level MCP server. Secret values are write-only and are never returned; only secret_names lists which secrets are set.

oauth_required
boolean
required
already_connected
boolean
required
continuation
unknown
required
return_path
string
required