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MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standardized protocol enabling large language models to interact with external tools. Manage and browse MCP services via service cards on the MCP Management page in the console.

Types

  • Marketplace: Hosted by Bailian, covering categories such as web search, document processing, geospatial data visualization, image services, map services, databases, and more—ready to use out of the box.
  • Custom: Click Create MCP Service to integrate your own MCP server or third-party services. Supports four integration types: plugin, script deployment, AI gateway, and Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI.

Service Cards

Each card displays the service name, description, service ID, category tags, number of users, and total invocation count.

Mounting to an Agent

On the agent editing page, click Add MCP Service in the MCP Servers section and select an enabled service from the dropdown. Once mounted, all tools under that service are enabled by default—you can disable individual tools as needed from the tool list. When creating or updating an agent via API, specify the service name and type in the mcp_servers field. For details, see Create Agent API. 
curl -X POST "https://{workspace_id}.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/agentstudio/agents" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DASHSCOPE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "my-agent",
    "model": {"id": "qwen3-max"},
    "mcp_servers": [
      {"type": "official", "name": "web_search"}
    ]
  }'

Invocation and Approval

When an agent invokes an MCP tool, the event panel displays both the tool invocation and its execution result. The approval mechanism works identically to that for built-in tools—see Initiate a Session for details.

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