How to Connect Action Gateway Tools
Connect your application or coding agent to an Action Gateway session using MCP, the Python SDK, or the TypeScript SDK.
Action Gateway How-Tospublic
Generated on 5 Oct 2026
Action Gateway gives applications and AI agents governed access to tens of thousands of tools through a managed MCP endpoint or SDK. See What You Can Build for example use cases of Action Gateway with Harness Runtime.
Connect Tools
How to Authorize Providers with Connections
Create Action Gateway connections for provider accounts and use actors to select which connections a session uses.
How to Add a Custom Tool Provider
Add a remote MCP server to Action Gateway with no authentication, an API key, or an OAuth connection.
How to Use Tool Playground
Use Action Gateway Tool Playground to find and run tools in a model conversation, then inspect calls and results.
Manage Tool Access
How to Create and Use Toolbelts
Group Action Gateway tools into a versioned Toolbelt, then select that version in a session or environment spec.
How to Manage Action Gateway Sessions
Create an Action Gateway session to get an MCP endpoint URL with the tools and permissions your client needs.
How to Configure Server-Side Approval
Require approval for Action Gateway tool calls and handle the decision through MCP elicitation or a separate approval request.
How to Add a Tool Output View
Create an Action Gateway output view that keeps selected result fields and bind it to a new session.
How to Configure Action Gateway for Production Agents
Configure production agents with selected tools, explicit permissions, preloading, direct Python calls, and focused tool outputs.