Pinkfish MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers fall into two categories: embedded and application. Embedded servers are built into the platform and require no setup. Application servers connect to external services like Gmail or Slack and require an OAuth connection managed through PinkConnect. This page explains how to set up connections, retrieve your PCID (PinkConnect ID), and pass it when calling application MCP tools.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pinkfish.ai/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
All examples on this page require a runtime token (
$PINKFISH_TOKEN). See Authentication to learn how to get one.Embedded MCPs
Embedded MCPs are built-in platform services — code execution, AI models, data storage, web search, and more. They require no connection or PCID. Just authenticate and call them through the MCP Farm (https://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai). See the Embedded MCPs overview to get started — the full list of embedded servers is in the sidebar.
Application MCPs
Application MCPs are proxied connections to external services (Gmail, Slack, Salesforce, Google Drive, etc.). Each one requires:- A connection — Set up on the Integrations page in the Pinkfish web app. This creates an OAuth link to the external service.
- A PCID — Every connection has a unique PinkConnect ID. You pass this PCID as a tool argument so the MCP Farm knows which OAuth connection to use (e.g., which Gmail account).
Retrieving Your PCID
There are two ways to get the PCID for a connection:| Method | When to use | Base URL |
|---|---|---|
| PinkConnect API | List all your connections and their statuses | https://proxy.pinkfish.ai (PinkConnect) |
| Discovery | Find the right connection for a specific task using natural language | https://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai (MCP Farm) |
PinkConnect API
PinkConnect is the connection management service that handles OAuth links to external services. Its API lives at a separate base URL from the MCP Farm:| Service | Base URL |
|---|---|
| PinkConnect (connection management) | https://proxy.pinkfish.ai |
| MCP Farm (tool execution) | https://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai |
| Query param | Description |
|---|---|
statuses | Comma-separated filter: connected, error, disconnected. Default: all. |
id field is the PCID you pass to application MCP tools. The service_key identifies the connected product or service family.
For most application MCPs, the service_key also matches the MCP server path (for example, a service_key of "gmail" means you call https://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai/gmail).
For products with a parent server and child servers, the connection is still shared, but you call one of that product’s child server paths instead of the top-level parent name. For example:
- A connection with
service_key: "genesys"uses the same PCID across paths likehttps://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai/genesys-conversationsandhttps://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai/genesys-routing - A connection with
service_key: "jira"can use paths likehttps://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai/jira-issuesandhttps://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai/jira-projects
Discovery
If you don’t know which connection to use, thecapabilities_discover tool can find it for you based on a natural language description of your task. This tool lives on the pinkfish-sidekick embedded MCP server and is called through the MCP Farm.
It returns both the tools and connections relevant to your request. The PCID is in connections[].id. See the Discovery page for full details.
Using a PCID
Once you have a PCID, pass it as an argument when calling any application MCP tool. The request goes to the MCP Farm (https://mcp.app.pinkfish.ai), not PinkConnect:
- Use the same PCID
- Change only the MCP server path to the specific child server you want
- Call a tool exposed by that child server

