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description: Empower your agents with capabilities across providers with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Agentforce. MCP is an open standard for seamlessly connecting AI models to external systems. We’ve built an MCP client into Agentforce, so the complex, manual work of integrating systems–including API connectivity, authentication, and data access–is done for you. MCP for Agentforce and its suite of features makes it easy for you to register and manage MCP servers, create policies to govern agent behavior, and give your agents secure access to MCP server tools.
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# Unlock Agent Interoperability with MCP for Agentforce

Empower your agents with capabilities across providers with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Agentforce. MCP is an open standard for seamlessly connecting AI models to external systems. We’ve built an MCP client into Agentforce, so the complex, manual work of integrating systems–including API connectivity, authentication, and data access–is done for you. MCP for Agentforce and its suite of features makes it easy for you to register and manage MCP servers, create policies to govern agent behavior, and give your agents secure access to MCP server tools.

**Where:** This change applies to Lightning Experience in Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions with Foundations or Agentforce 1 Editions. Setup for AI agents is available on the desktop site.

**When:** This change is available on a rolling basis starting the week of May 18, 2026, with full availability planned for end of May 2026.

**How:** In Agentforce Registry, register third-party MCP servers, or easily discover and add them from partner providers in AgentExchange. You can also use activated MuleSoft and Salesforce-hosted servers from API Catalog.

After connecting, allowlist the server tools. The server tools are automatically added as agent actions to the Agentforce asset library. Then, add the actions to your agents in Agentforce Builder. Use reasoning instructions to define how and when they should be used, just like other agent actions.

In Agentforce Gateway, create and apply policies to govern usage and behavior, including rules for specific agents and server tools. You can apply policies manually or automatically by rules.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: MCP for Agentforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ai.agent_mcp.htm&language=en_US)