The AI needs to read my calendar and files. Isn't there a standard way to connect it to those?
The app holds users, permissions, and sessions, and decides which MCP Servers it can connect to.
MCP standardizes how systems connect. It does not grant permission automatically or decide whether the app should act.
A server exposes capabilities：An MCP server describes resources, prompts, and tools such as Search issues.
The application connects：Its MCP client communicates with the server and brings approved capabilities and results into the task.
Actions stay controlled：The model may request a tool, but the product checks parameters, identity, and authorization before it runs.
Connect this agent to the issue tracker through MCP with read-only access first. Confirm the connection method this client supports, list the resources and tools the server will expose, then authorize with a test account and retrieve one issue. Do not expose close or delete actions. Finally, show the actual tool result and permission scope.