> ## 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.

# Tools

> The hub for every capability an agent can use — MCPs, resources, and browser logins

**Tools** is the area of Pinkfish where you manage everything an agent can reach out to. It has three top-level categories — **MCPs**, **Resources**, and **Browser** — and each category has its own dedicated pages for configuration, testing, and monitoring.

Navigate to **Tools** from the top nav. The page opens on the first MCPs sub-section, **Connections**.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/pinkfishai/H3ZKY40Oruy9U6tp/images/tools/tools-overview.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=H3ZKY40Oruy9U6tp&q=85&s=f864866503c71664125ed52d353a6c41" alt="Tools page layout showing the sidebar categories and the Connections list as the default landing" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/tools/tools-overview.png" />

## How Tools is Organized

The left sidebar groups everything into three categories. Each item in the sidebar is its own feature with its own page.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/pinkfishai/H3ZKY40Oruy9U6tp/images/tools/tools-sidebar-close.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=H3ZKY40Oruy9U6tp&q=85&s=e1e751bb779c1f3ece6630e48f4e7c80" alt="Tools sidebar — MCPs, Resources, and Browser groups" width="224" height="848" data-path="images/tools/tools-sidebar-close.png" />

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="MCPs" icon="plug">
    Everything an agent calls as an MCP tool — connected third-party apps, Pinkfish's built-in services, and custom MCP servers your org has registered.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Resources" icon="database">
    Structured and unstructured data your agents read from and write to — databases, file stores, knowledge bases, and secret vaults.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Browser" icon="browser">
    Authenticated browser sessions for services that don't expose an API.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## MCPs

Every tool an agent can call is exposed as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. This category has three dedicated pages:

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Connections" icon="plug" href="/tools/connections">
    Third-party app integrations (Salesforce, Slack, Google Sheets, and hundreds more) plus the flow for building your own custom integration with OAuth, API Key, or Basic Auth.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Embedded Services" icon="puzzle-piece" href="/tools/embedded-services">
    Pinkfish's built-in MCP servers — web search, charting, email, code execution, document processing, and more. Always available, no setup.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Custom MCP Servers" icon="server" href="/tools/custom-mcp-servers">
    Remote MCP servers you register with your org so their tools join the agent catalog alongside connections and embedded services.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Resources

Resources hold the data agents work with. Each resource is organized into **collections** that you can share, reference from workflows, and version.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Database" icon="database" href="/resources/database">
    Structured tables with schemas (customers, orders, inventory), and unstructured document stores for semi-structured payloads.
  </Card>

  <Card title="File Store" icon="folder" href="/resources/file-store">
    Unstructured file collections for documents, exports, uploads, and generated artifacts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Knowledge Base" icon="brain" href="/resources/knowledge-base">
    Indexed document collections that agents can query with natural-language retrieval.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Vault" icon="shield" href="/resources/vault">
    Encrypted storage for API keys, passwords, and other secrets, referenced from workflows without exposing raw values.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Browser

<Card title="Browser Login" icon="browser" href="/tools/browser-login">
  Saved browser sessions for services that don't offer an API. Once stored, workflows can drive the `/scraper` and `/browser session` skills against them.
</Card>

## Who Sees What

The Tools page respects role and plan:

| Section            | Role gate | Plan gate     |
| ------------------ | --------- | ------------- |
| Connections        | —         | —             |
| Embedded Services  | Builder   | —             |
| Custom MCP Servers | —         | —             |
| Database           | Builder   | —             |
| File Store         | Builder   | —             |
| Knowledge Base     | —         | —             |
| Vault              | Builder   | eligible plan |
| Browser Login      | Builder   | —             |

Shared items (connections, collections) show a small "Shared" indicator next to the name regardless of category.

## Next Steps

* Start with [Connections](/tools/connections) to wire up your first third-party app.
* Spin up a [Database](/resources/database) or [Knowledge Base](/resources/knowledge-base) to give your agent something to read and write.
* Review [Embedded Services](/tools/embedded-services) for the capabilities that ship with Pinkfish.