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Workato MCP Server
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Connect your AI agent to StackOne's Workato MCP server and give it 25 MCP tools out of the box. Auth, tool execution, and security all managed.

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25 Agent Actions

Agents can read, write and delete in Workato. Extend your agent's capabilities with custom actions.

Authentication

Agent Tool Authentication

Per-user OAuth in one call. Your Workato MCP server gets session-scoped tokens with zero credentials stored on your infra.

Agent Auth →

Security

Agent Protection

Every Workato tool response scanned for prompt injection in milliseconds, with 88.7% accuracy, all running on CPU.

Prompt Injection Defense →

Performance

Max Agent Context. Min Cost.

Free up to 96% of your agent's context window to enhance reasoning and reduce cost, on every Workato call.

Tools Discovery →

What is the Workato MCP Server?

A Workato MCP server lets AI agents read and write Workato data through the Model Context Protocol, Anthropic's open standard for connecting LLMs to external tools. StackOne's Workato MCP server ships with 25 pre-built actions, fully extensible via the Connector Builder, plus managed authentication, prompt injection defense, observability, and agent execution runtime. Connect it from MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Goose, and VS Code, or from agent frameworks like OpenAI Agents SDK, LangChain, and Vercel AI SDK.

All Workato MCP Tools

Every StackOne action for Workato, ready for your agent. Read, write and delete, scoped to exactly what you need.

Unified Groups

  • List Unified Groups

    List unified groups in a Workato workspace.

  • Get Unified Group

    Get a unified Workato group by ID.

Unified Roles

  • List Unified Roles

    List unified roles in a Workato workspace.

  • Get Unified Role

    Get a unified Workato role by ID.

Unified Users

  • List Unified Users

    List unified users in a Workato workspace.

  • Get Unified User

    Get a unified Workato user by ID.

Members

  • List Members

    List the collaborators of the Workato workspace.

  • Get Member

    Get one collaborator of the Workato workspace by ID.

  • Delete Member

    Delete a collaborator from the Workato workspace.

Environment Roles

  • List Environment Roles

    List the environment roles of the Workato workspace.

  • Get Environment Role

    Get one environment role with its privileges.

Project Roles

  • List Project Roles

    List the project roles of the Workato workspace.

  • Get Project Role

    Get one project role with its privileges.

User Groups

  • List User Groups

    List the collaborator groups of the Workato workspace.

  • Get User Group

    Get one collaborator group by ID.

User Group Members

  • Add User Group Members

    Add collaborators to a collaborator group.

  • List User Group Members

    List the collaborators and pending invitations in a group.

Other (8)

  • List API Clients

    List the API clients of the Workato workspace.

  • Get Unified Credentials

    Get the current Workato connection's unified credentials and identity.

  • Get Member Privileges

    Get the environment privileges of a collaborator.

  • Get Member Project Grants

    List the project roles granted directly to a collaborator.

  • Get Member Projects Privileges

    Get the project-level privileges of a collaborator.

  • List Legacy Roles

    List the custom roles of the legacy Workato permissions model.

  • List User Group Project Grants

    List the project roles granted to a collaborator group.

  • Get Workspace Details

    Get the details of the Workato workspace behind the token.

Set Up Your Workato MCP Server in Minutes

One endpoint. Any framework. Your agent is talking to Workato in under 10 lines of code.

Agent Frameworks

Claude Desktop
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stackone": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@latest",
        "https://api.stackone.com/mcp?x-account-id=<account_id>",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Basic <YOUR_BASE64_TOKEN>"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Workato MCP Server FAQ

Does StackOne have a Workato MCP server?
Yes. StackOne offers a hosted Workato MCP server with 25 pre-built actions, and every action is tested and QA'd by StackOne. Connect it to Claude, Cursor, and any other MCP client, or to any agent framework through the AI Action SDK. It ships with managed agent authentication, prompt injection defense, and tool discovery with server-side execution that preserve your agent's context window and keep reasoning performance.
Workato MCP server vs direct API integration: what's the difference?
A Workato MCP server and direct API integration serve different use cases. Direct API integration is for software-to-software work, where backend code calls Workato. A Workato MCP server is for AI agents that discover and call Workato at runtime, such as MCP clients like Claude and Cursor, plus framework agents built with OpenAI, LangChain, or Vercel AI. StackOne provides both.
How does Workato authentication work for AI agents?
Workato authentication for AI agents works through a StackOne Connect Session. Create one via the dashboard or the SDK to get an auth link and ready-to-paste config for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients. Your user authenticates their own Workato account; StackOne handles token exchange, storage, and refresh. Credentials never reach the LLM, and each user is isolated via origin_owner_id.
Are Workato MCP tools vulnerable to prompt injection?
Yes. Workato MCP tools can be vulnerable to indirect prompt injection. Any tool that reads user-written content, such as documents, messages, tickets, records, or free-text fields, is a potential vector. StackOne Defender scans every tool response before it enters the agent's context. It runs regex patterns in ~1ms, then a MiniLM classifier in ~4ms. Accuracy is 88.7%, and it runs entirely on CPU.
What is the context bloat of a Workato agent and how do I avoid it?
Context bloat happens when Workato tool schemas and API responses eat your Workato agent's memory, preventing it from reasoning effectively. A single Workato query can return a massive JSON response, and connecting multiple tools compounds the problem. Tools Discovery reduces it by loading only the tools relevant to each query.
Can I limit which actions my Workato agent can access?
Yes. You can limit which actions your Workato agent can access directly from the StackOne dashboard. Toggle actions on or off, or restrict them to specific accounts, with no code changes to your agent. Session tokens can be scoped to exact actions so if one leaks, exposure stays contained.
Can I create custom agent actions for my Workato MCP server?
Yes. You can create custom agent actions for your Workato MCP server using Connector Builder. It's an integration agent your coding assistant (Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot) can invoke to research Workato's API, generate production-ready connector YAML, test against the live API, and validate before you ship.
When should I NOT use a Workato MCP server?
Skip a Workato MCP server if your integration is purely software-to-software, because direct Workato API integration is simpler when no AI agent is involved. For deterministic, compliance-critical operations (financial transactions, regulatory reporting), direct API gives you predictable behavior without agent-driven decision-making. MCP shines when AI agents need to dynamically discover and call Workato actions at runtime.
What AI frameworks and AI clients does the StackOne Workato MCP server support?
The StackOne Workato MCP server supports both. MCP clients (paste-and-go apps): Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Goose. Agent frameworks (code SDKs you build with): OpenAI Agents SDK, Anthropic, Vercel AI, Google ADK, CrewAI, Pydantic AI, LangChain, LangGraph, Azure AI Foundry.

Put your AI agents to work

All the tools you need to build and scale AI agent integrations, with best-in-class connectivity, execution, and security.