Use Explorer as an MCP Client to Interact with Other MCP Servers

Use Explorer to interact with all your Strategy AI, from agents to Auto Dashboard to Mosaic models--even beyond Strategy to searching online for answers. Explorer can act as an MCP Client to connect to MCP Servers such as Jira, Confluence, GitHub. As an MCP client, Explorer can connect to other MCP Servers and call other tools. For background information on MCP server integration with AI, see Connect a Client Using an MCP Server.

Prerequisites

• The following privileges are required:

  • To access Explorer in Library: Use Explorer privilege under the AI group

  • To query agents: Run AI Bots

  • To query datasets: Use Universal Access and Run AI Bots

  • To upload unstructured data: Create and Configure Unstructured Data privilege

  • To upload images for Auto Dashboard: Upload images in Auto Dashboard privilege

  • To send email: Use distribution services privilege

• Agents and AI-enabled datasets must be certified.

• To send email, Share via Email must be enabled in the AI Admin console.

• To generate HTML output, HTML Creation must be enabled in the AI Admin console.

• To allow web search, Web Search must be enabled in the AI Admin console.

• MCP connectors must be set up and enabled by the AI administrator, and you must connect to them.

Use MCP Connections in Explorer

1. In the Library sidebar, click Explorer.

2. Select the mode for Explorer. This selection applies to all queries and tasks in the Explorer session until you change it. In the query box, select one of the following from the drop-down list:

   • If you are creating open-ended or unpredictable tasks and want AI to prioritize flexibility and exploration over speed, select Adaptive.

   • If you are creating well-defined, specific tasks and want AI to prioritize speed and efficiency over flexibility, select Planned.

3. Ensure that you are connected to the connectors you want to use: Connect to MCP Connectors.

4. Click the Add icon in the query box, point to Connectors, and select the connector to use. You can select multiple connectors at the same time.

   The query box displays the connector name to remind you that it is in use. The connector is used for all queries until you remove it.

   • If the connector you want to use is not available, select Connector Management. All MCP connectors set up and enabled by the AI administrator are listed, and you can connect to any of them. See Review and Connect to MCP Connectors.

5. Type your query. Explorer uses the connector to obtain results.

6. To stop using a connector, hover your cursor over the connector name in the query box and click X.

7. Provide feedback on Explorer's response:

   • To provide positive feedback, hover over the response and click the Thumbs Up icon .

   • To provide negative feedback, hover over the response and click Thumbs Down. To quickly provide general feedback to help fine tune, click the reason or reasons why Explorer did not answer your question, such as Irrelevant Data or Irrelevant Answer. To optionally provide additional details to help fine tune, type your comments in the box. Click Submit.